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Selected Verse: Leviticus 16:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Le 16:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Thus [02063] shall Aaron [0175] come [0935] into the holy [06944] place: with a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] for a sin offering [02403], and a ram [0352] for a burnt offering [05930]. |
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King James |
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place--As the duties of the great day of atonement led to the nearest and most solemn approach to God, the directions as to the proper course to be followed were minute and special.
with a young bullock . . . and a ram--These victims he brought alive, but they were not offered in sacrifice till he had gone through the ceremonies described between Lev 16:3-11. He was not to attire himself on that occasion in the splendid robes that were proper to his sacred office, but in a plain dress of linen, like the common Levites, for, as he was then to make atonement for his own sins, as well as for those of the people, he was to appear in the humble character of a suppliant. That plain dress was more in harmony with a season of humiliation (as well as lighter and more convenient for the duties which on that occasion he had singly to perform) than the gorgeous robes of the pontificate. It showed that when all appeared as sinners, the highest and lowest were then on a level, and that there is no distinction of persons with God [Act 10:34]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Holy place - This name here denotes the sanctuary, the whole sacred enclosure, the court of the tabernacle. The offerings were for Aaron and his sons, supplied by himself. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Only בּזאת, "with this," i.e., with the sacrifices, dress, purifications, and means of expiation mentioned afterwards, could he go into "the holy place," i.e., according to the more precise description in Lev 16:2, into the inmost division of the tabernacle, which is called Kodesh hakkadashim, "the holy of holies," in Exo 26:33. He was to bring an ox (bullock) for a sin-offering and a ram for a burnt-offering, as a sacrifice for himself and his house (i.e., the priesthood, Lev 16:6), and two he-goats for a sin-offering and a ram for a burnt-offering, as a sacrifice for the congregation. For this purpose he was to put on, not the state-costume of the high priest, but a body-coat, drawers, girdle, and head-dress of white cloth (bad: see Exo 28:42), having first bathed his body, and not merely his hands and feet, as he did for the ordinary service, to appear before Jehovah as entirely cleansed from the defilement of sin (see at Lev 8:6) and arrayed in clothes of holiness. The dress of white cloth was not the plain official dress of the ordinary priests, for the girdle of that dress was coloured (see at Exo 28:39-40); and in that case the high priest would not have appeared in the perfect purity of his divinely appointed office as chief of the priesthood, but simply as the priest appointed for this day (v. Hoffmann). Nor did he officiate (as many of the Rabbins, and also C. a Lapide, Grotius, Rosenmller, and Knobel suppose) as a penitent praying humbly for the forgiveness of sin. For where in all the world have clear white clothes been worn either in mourning or as a penitential garment? The emphatic expression, "these are holy garments," is a sufficient proof that the pure white colour of all the clothes, even of the girdle, was intended as a representation of holiness. Although in Exo 28:2, Exo 28:4, etc., the official dress not only of Aaron, but of his sons also, that is to say, the priestly costume generally, is described as "holy garments," yet in the present chapter the word kodesh, "holy," is frequently used in an emphatic sense (for example, in Lev 16:2, Lev 16:3, Lev 16:16, of the most holy place of the dwelling), and by this predicate the dress is characterized as most holy. Moreover, it was in baddim ("linen") that the angel of Jehovah was clothed (Eze 9:2-3, Eze 9:11; Eze 10:2, Eze 10:6-7, and Dan 10:5; Dan 12:6-7), whose whole appearance, as described in Dan 10:6, resembled the appearance of the glory of Jehovah, which Ezekiel saw in the vision of the four cherubim (ch. 1), and was almost exactly like the glory of Jesus Christ, which John saw in the Revelation (Rev 1:13-15). The white material, therefore, of the dress which Aaron wore, when performing the highest act of expiation under the Old Testament, was a symbolical shadowing forth of the holiness and glory of the one perfect Mediator between God and man, who, being the radiation of the glory of God and the image of His nature, effected by Himself the perfect cleansing away of our sin, and who, as the true High Priest, being holy, innocent, unspotted, and separate from sinners, entered once by His own blood into the holy place not made with hands, namely, into heaven itself, to appear before the face of God for us, and obtain everlasting redemption (Heb 1:3; Heb 7:26; Heb 9:12, Heb 9:24). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| With a young bullock - That is, with the blood of it; the body of it was to be offered upon the altar of burnt - offerings. A sin - offering - For his own and family's sins; for a goat was offered for the sins of the people. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| With a young bullock for a sin-offering - The bullock was presented as a sin-offering for himself, his family, the whole priesthood, and probably the Levites. The ram was for a burnt-offering, to signify that he and his associates were wholly consecrated, and to be wholly employed in this work of the ministry. The ceremonies with which these two sacrifices were accompanied are detailed in the following verses. |
34 Then [1161] Peter [4074] opened [455] his mouth [4750], and said [2036], Of [1909] a truth [225] I perceive [2638] that [3754] God [2316] is [2076] no [3756] respecter of persons [4381]:
3 Thus [02063] shall Aaron [0175] come [0935] into the holy [06944] place: with a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] for a sin offering [02403], and a ram [0352] for a burnt offering [05930].
4 He shall put on [03847] the holy [06944] linen [0906] coat [03801], and he shall have the linen [0906] breeches [04370] upon his flesh [01320], and shall be girded [02296] with a linen [0906] girdle [073], and with the linen [0906] mitre [04701] shall he be attired [06801]: these [01992] are holy [06944] garments [0899]; therefore shall he wash [07364] his flesh [01320] in water [04325], and so put them on [03847].
5 And he shall take [03947] of the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] two [08147] kids [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], and one [0259] ram [0352] for a burnt offering [05930].
6 And Aaron [0175] shall offer [07126] his bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403], which is for himself [01157], and make an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his house [01004].
7 And he shall take [03947] the two [08147] goats [08163], and present [05975] them before [06440] the LORD [03068] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
8 And Aaron [0175] shall cast [05414] lots [01486] upon the two [08147] goats [08163]; one [0259] lot [01486] for the LORD [03068], and the other [0259] lot [01486] for the scapegoat [05799].
9 And Aaron [0175] shall bring [07126] the goat [08163] upon which the LORD'S [03068] lot [01486] fell [05927], and offer [06213] him for a sin offering [02403].
10 But the goat [08163], on which the lot [01486] fell [05927] to be the scapegoat [05799], shall be presented [05975] alive [02416] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] with him, and to let him go [07971] for a scapegoat [05799] into the wilderness [04057].
11 And Aaron [0175] shall bring [07126] the bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403], which is for himself, and shall make an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his house [01004], and shall kill [07819] the bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403] which is for himself:
24 For [1063] Christ [5547] is [1525] not [3756] entered [1525] into [1519] the holy places [39] made with hands [5499], which are the figures [499] of the true [228]; but [235] into [1519] heaven [3772] itself [846], now [3568] to appear [1718] in the presence [4383] of God [2316] for [5228] us [2257]:
12 Neither [3761] by [1223] the blood [129] of goats [5131] and [2532] calves [3448], but [1161] by [1223] his own [2398] blood [129] he entered in [1525] once [2178] into [1519] the holy place [39], having obtained [2147] eternal [166] redemption [3085] for us.
26 For [1063] such [5108] an high priest [749] became [4241] us [2254], who is holy [3741], harmless [172], undefiled [283], separate [5563] from [575] sinners [268], and [2532] made [1096] higher than [5308] the heavens [3772];
3 Who [3739] being [5607] the brightness [541] of his glory [1391], and [2532] the express image [5481] of his [846] person [5287], and [5037] upholding [5342] all things [3956] by the word [4487] of his [846] power [1411], when he had [4160] [2512] by [1223] himself [1438] purged [4160] [2512] our [2257] sins [266], sat down [2523] on [1722] the right hand [1188] of the Majesty [3172] on [1722] high [5308];
13 And [2532] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the seven [2033] candlesticks [3087] one like [3664] unto the Son [5207] of man [444], clothed with a garment [1746] down to the foot [4158], and [2532] girt [4024] about [4314] the paps [3149] with a golden [5552] girdle [2223].
14 [1161] His [846] head [2776] and [2532] his hairs [2359] were white [3022] like [5616] wool [2053], as white [3022] as [5613] snow [5510]; and [2532] his [846] eyes [3788] were as [5613] a flame [5395] of fire [4442];
15 And [2532] his [846] feet [4228] like [3664] unto fine brass [5474], as [5613] if they burned [4448] in [1722] a furnace [2575]; and [2532] his [846] voice [5456] as [5613] the sound [5456] of many [4183] waters [5204].
6 His body [01472] also was like the beryl [08658], and his face [06440] as the appearance [04758] of lightning [01300], and his eyes [05869] as lamps [03940] of fire [0784], and his arms [02220] and his feet [04772] like in colour [05869] to polished [07044] brass [05178], and the voice [06963] of his words [01697] like the voice [06963] of a multitude [01995].
6 And one said [0559] to the man [0376] clothed [03847] in linen [0906], which was upon [04605] the waters [04325] of the river [02975], How long shall it be to the end [07093] of these wonders [06382]?
7 And I heard [08085] the man [0376] clothed [03847] in linen [0906], which was upon [04605] the waters [04325] of the river [02975], when he held up [07311] his right hand [03225] and his left hand [08040] unto heaven [08064], and sware [07650] by him that liveth [02416] for ever [05769] that it shall be for a time [04150], times [04150], and an half [02677]; and when he shall have accomplished [03615] to scatter [05310] the power [03027] of the holy [06944] people [05971], all these things shall be finished [03615].
5 Then I lifted up [05375] mine eyes [05869], and looked [07200], and behold a certain [0259] man [0376] clothed [03847] in linen [0906], whose loins [04975] were girded [02296] with fine gold [03800] of Uphaz [0210]:
6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded [06680] the man [0376] clothed [03847] with linen [0906], saying [0559], Take [03947] fire [0784] from between the wheels [01534], from between the cherubims [03742]; then he went in [0935], and stood [05975] beside [0681] the wheels [0212].
7 And one cherub [03742] stretched forth [07971] his hand [03027] from between the cherubims [03742] unto the fire [0784] that was between the cherubims [03742], and took [05375] thereof, and put [05414] it into the hands [02651] of him that was clothed [03847] with linen [0906]: who took [03947] it, and went out [03318].
2 And he spake [0559] unto the man [0376] clothed [03847] with linen [0906], and said [0559], Go in [0935] between [0996] the wheels [01534], even under the cherub [03742], and fill [04390] thine hand [02651] with coals [01513] of fire [0784] from between [0996] the cherubims [03742], and scatter [02236] them over the city [05892]. And he went in [0935] in my sight [05869].
11 And, behold, the man [0376] clothed [03847] with linen [0906], which had the inkhorn [07083] by his side [04975], reported [07725] the matter [01697], saying [0559], I have done [06213] as thou hast commanded [06680] me.
2 And, behold, six [08337] men [0582] came [0935] from the way [01870] of the higher [05945] gate [08179], which lieth [06437] toward the north [06828], and every man [0376] a slaughter [04660] weapon [03627] in his hand [03027]; and one [0259] man [0376] among [08432] them was clothed [03847] with linen [0906], with a writer's [05608] inkhorn [07083] by his side [04975]: and they went in [0935], and stood [05975] beside [0681] the brasen [05178] altar [04196].
3 And the glory [03519] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] was gone up [05927] from the cherub [03742], whereupon he was, to the threshold [04670] of the house [01004]. And he called [07121] to the man [0376] clothed [03847] with linen [0906], which had the writer's [05608] inkhorn [07083] by his side [04975];
16 And he shall make an atonement [03722] for the holy [06944] place, because of the uncleanness [02932] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and because of their transgressions [06588] in all their sins [02403]: and so shall he do [06213] for the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], that remaineth [07931] among them in the midst [08432] of their uncleanness [02932].
3 Thus [02063] shall Aaron [0175] come [0935] into the holy [06944] place: with a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] for a sin offering [02403], and a ram [0352] for a burnt offering [05930].
2 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], that he come [0935] not at all times [06256] into the holy [06944] place within [01004] the vail [06532] before [06440] the mercy seat [03727], which is upon the ark [0727]; that he die [04191] not: for I will appear [07200] in the cloud [06051] upon the mercy [03727] seat.
4 And these are the garments [0899] which they shall make [06213]; a breastplate [02833], and an ephod [0646], and a robe [04598], and a broidered [08665] coat [03801], a mitre [04701], and a girdle [073]: and they shall make [06213] holy [06944] garments [0899] for Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], and his sons [01121], that he may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].
2 And thou shalt make [06213] holy [06944] garments [0899] for Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] for glory [03519] and for beauty [08597].
39 And thou shalt embroider [07660] the coat [03801] of fine linen [08336], and thou shalt make [06213] the mitre [04701] of fine linen [08336], and thou shalt make [06213] the girdle [073] of needlework [07551] [04639].
40 And for Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] thou shalt make [06213] coats [03801], and thou shalt make [06213] for them girdles [073], and bonnets [04021] shalt thou make [06213] for them, for glory [03519] and for beauty [08597].
6 And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and washed [07364] them with water [04325].
42 And thou shalt make [06213] them linen [0906] breeches [04370] to cover [03680] their nakedness [01320] [06172]; from the loins [04975] even unto the thighs [03409] they shall reach:
6 And Aaron [0175] shall offer [07126] his bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403], which is for himself [01157], and make an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his house [01004].
33 And thou shalt hang up [05414] the vail [06532] under the taches [07165], that thou mayest bring [0935] in thither within [01004] the vail [06532] the ark [0727] of the testimony [05715]: and the vail [06532] shall divide [0914] unto you between the holy [06944] place and the most [06944] holy [06944].
2 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], that he come [0935] not at all times [06256] into the holy [06944] place within [01004] the vail [06532] before [06440] the mercy seat [03727], which is upon the ark [0727]; that he die [04191] not: for I will appear [07200] in the cloud [06051] upon the mercy [03727] seat.