Leviticus 16:2

+ 16:2. Lev 16:2 (Lev 16:1-2) (#4.290): T. That the Cohen Gadol ·High Priest· shall not enter the Most Holy Place in the Sanctuary at any time / R. That the Cohen ·Priest· shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times, that is indiscriminately T. Directive: The Cohen Gadol ·High Priest must wait until the cloud of Adonai appears and covers the mercy seat, the covering on the ark in the most Holy Place before the Cohen Gadol ·High Priest· may enter in and Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Tell Aaron [Light-bringer] your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

In Context

1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], after the death of the two sons of Aaron [Light-bringer], when they came near before Adonai, and died;

3+ 16:3. Lev 16:3-4 (Lev ch 16) (#4.291): The Cohen Gadol ·High Priest· shall do the service of Yom Kippur ·Day of Atonement· T. Note: The service appointed for this day includes: preparing the Cohen Gadol ·High Priest·, regulations for the sacrifice, confessions, offerings in the most holy place, sending away of the scapegoat, and the associated promises of national forgiveness “Aaron [Light-bringer] shall come into the sanctuary with a young bull for a habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:17You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits [45 in; 114.3 cm] shall be its length, and a cubit and a half [27 in; 68.58 cm] its width.

Exodus 26:33You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place + 26:33. Quoted in Heb 9:3 from the most holy for you.

Exodus 40:20He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.

Leviticus 8:35You shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days, and thereby obeying what Adonai has ordered done, so that you may not die. For this is what I am enjoined.”

Leviticus 16:34“This shall be an everlasting regulation for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel [God prevails] once in the year because of all their habitual sins ·missing the marks·.” It was done as Adonai enjoined Moses [Drawn out].

Numbers 4:19but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:2-5

The Great Day of Atonement. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord , and died; 2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place : with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt… Read the whole commentary →

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