Leviticus 16:3

“Aaron shall come into the sanctuary with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

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In The King James Version

Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

In Context

2and the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time 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.

4He shall put on the holy linen tunic. He shall have the linen trousers on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:3“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.

Leviticus 4:3if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without defect to the LORD for a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:18He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Leviticus 9:3You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering;

Hebrews 9:7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.

Hebrews 9:24For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

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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