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Selected Verse: Leviticus 16:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 16:4 |
Strong Concordance |
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]. |
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King James |
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The high priest when he changed his dress on this day was required to bathe himself. In his "golden garments" he had, on this day, and for the previous week, to offer the regular daily sacrifices, and to perform the other sacerdotal duties of the sanctuary, which were usually performed by a common priest. The dress of white linen, which he now put on, appears to have been like the ordinary dress of the common priests, except in the substitution of a linen mitre for the bonnet (or cap), and of a plain linen girdle for the variegated one (Exo 28:40-43 notes). In preparing to enter the holy of holies, he attired himself in spotless white as a token of the holiness without which none, in a spiritual sense, can enter the divine presence. He thus became a more distinct foreshadow of the greater high priest Heb 7:26; Heb 6:19-20. This significance belonged to the high priest only in his official capacity as mediator: in his own person he had infirmity, and was required "to offer up sacrifice, "first" for his own sins, and then for the people's." Heb 7:27. See the notes at Lev 9:7-14. On the same ground it was that, although as a mediator he had to enter the most holy place, as sinful man he needed the cloud of incense as a veil to come between him and the holiness of Yahweh. See Lev 16:13. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The linen coat - It is observable, the high - priest did not now use his peculiar and glorious robes, but only his linen garments, which were common to him with the ordinary priests. The reason whereof was, because this was not a day of feasting and rejoicing, but of mourning and humiliation, at which times people were to lay aside their ornaments. These are holy - Because appropriated to an holy and religious use. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He shall put on the holy linen coat - He was not to dress in his pontifical garments, but in the simple sacerdotal vestments, or those of the Levites, because it was a day of humiliation; and as he was to offer sacrifices for his own sins, it was necessary that he should appear in habits suited to the occasion. Hence he has neither the robe, the ephod, the breastplate, the mitre, etc.; these constituted his dress of dignity as the high priest of God, ministering for others and the representative of Christ: but now he appears, before God as a sinner, offering an atonement for his transgressions, and his garments are those of humiliation. |
13 And he shall put [05414] the incense [07004] upon the fire [0784] before [06440] the LORD [03068], that the cloud [06051] of the incense [07004] may cover [03680] the mercy seat [03727] that is upon the testimony [05715], that he die [04191] not:
7 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], Go [07126] unto the altar [04196], and offer [06213] thy sin offering [02403], and thy burnt offering [05930], and make an atonement [03722] for thyself, and for the people [05971]: and offer [06213] the offering [07133] of the people [05971], and make an atonement [03722] for them; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680].
8 Aaron [0175] therefore went [07126] unto the altar [04196], and slew [07819] the calf [05695] of the sin offering [02403], which was for himself.
9 And the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175] brought [07126] the blood [01818] unto him: and he dipped [02881] his finger [0676] in the blood [01818], and put [05414] it upon the horns [07161] of the altar [04196], and poured [03332] out the blood [01818] at the bottom [03247] of the altar [04196]:
10 But the fat [02459], and the kidneys [03629], and the caul [03508] above [04480] the liver [03516] of the sin offering [02403], he burnt [06999] upon the altar [04196]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].
11 And the flesh [01320] and the hide [05785] he burnt [08313] with fire [0784] without [02351] the camp [04264].
12 And he slew [07819] the burnt offering [05930]; and Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] presented [04672] unto him the blood [01818], which he sprinkled [02236] round about [05439] upon the altar [04196].
13 And they presented [04672] the burnt offering [05930] unto him, with the pieces [05409] thereof, and the head [07218]: and he burnt [06999] them upon the altar [04196].
14 And he did wash [07364] the inwards [07130] and the legs [03767], and burnt [06999] them upon the burnt offering [05930] on the altar [04196].
27 Who [3739] needeth [2192] [318] not [3756] daily [2596] [2250], as [5618] those high priests [749], to offer up [399] sacrifice [2378], first [4386] for [5228] his own [2398] sins [266], and then [1899] for the people's [2992]: for [1063] this [5124] he did [4160] once [2178], when he offered up [399] himself [1438].
19 Which [3739] hope we have [2192] as [5613] an anchor [45] of the soul [5590], both [5037] sure [804] and [2532] stedfast [949], and [2532] which entereth [1525] into [1519] that within [2082] the veil [2665];
20 Whither [3699] the forerunner [4274] is [1525] for [5228] us [2257] entered [1525], even Jesus [2424], made [1096] an high priest [749] for [1519] ever [165] after [2596] the order [5010] of Melchisedec [3198].
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];
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].
41 And thou shalt put [03847] them upon Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], and his sons [01121] with him; and shalt anoint [04886] them, and consecrate [04390] [03027] them, and sanctify [06942] them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].
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:
43 And they shall be upon Aaron [0175], and upon his sons [01121], when they come [0935] in unto the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], or when they come near [05066] unto the altar [04196] to minister [08334] in the holy [06944] place; that they bear [05375] not iniquity [05771], and die [04191]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] unto him and his seed [02233] after [0310] him.