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Le 16:6	Strong Concordance	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].
	King James	And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Shall offer - Rather, shall present, as in Lev 16:7, Lev 16:10, etc. The word expresses the formal act of placing the victims in front of the entrance of the tabernacle. For himself, and for his house - i. e. for himself as the high priest and all the common priests. Compare Lev 9:7-14 note.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Shall offer - Rather, shall present, as in Lev 16:7, Lev 16:10, etc. The word expresses the formal act of placing the victims in front of the entrance of the tabernacle.

For himself, and for his house - i. e. for himself as the high priest and all the common priests. Compare Lev 9:7-14 note.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
atonement The biblical use and meaning of the word must be sharply distinguished from its use in theology. In theology it is term which covers the whole sacrificial and redemptive work of Christ. In the Old Testament atonement is the English word used to translate the Hebrew words which mean "cover," "coverings," or "to cover." Atonement (at-one-ment) is, therefore, not a translation of the hebrew, but a purely theologic concept. The Levitical offerings "covered" the sins of Israel until, and in anticipation of the Cross, but did not "take away" (Heb 10:4) those sins. These were the "sins done aforetime" ("covered" meantime by the Levitical sacrifices), which God "passed over" (Rom 3:25) for which "passing over" God's righteousness was never vindicated until, in the Cross, Jesus Christ was "set forth a propitiation." See "Propitiation," (See Scofield) - (Rom 3:25). It was the Cross, not the Levitical sacrifices which made "at-one-ment." The Old Testament sacrifices enabled God to go on with a guilty people because they typified the Cross. To the offerer they were the confession of his desert of death, and the expression of his faith; to God they were the "shadows" (Heb 10:1) of which Christ was the reality. atonement (See Scofield) - (Exo 29:33).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
With the bullock Aaron was to make atonement for himself and his house. The two he-goats he was to place before Jehovah (see Lev 1:5), and "give lots over them," i.e., have lots cast upon them, one lot for Jehovah, the other for Azazel. The one upon which the lot for Jehovah fell (עלה, from the coming up of the lot out of the urn, Jos 18:11; Jos 19:10), he was to prepare as a sin-offering for Jehovah, and to present the one upon which the lot for Azazel fell alive before Jehovah, עליו לכפּר, "to expiate it," i.e., to make it the object of expiation (see at Lev 16:21), to send it (them) into the desert to Azazel. עזאזל, which only occurs in this chapter, signifies neither "a remote solitude," nor any locality in the desert whatever (as Jonathan, Rashi, etc., suppose); nor the "he-goat" (from עז goat, and עזל to turn off, "the goat departing or sent away," as Symm., Theodot., the Vulgate, Luther, and others render it); nor "complete removal" (Bhr, Winer, Tholuck, etc.). The words, one lot for Jehovah and one for Azazel, require unconditionally that Azazel should be regarded as a personal being, in opposition to Jehovah. The word is a more intense form of עזל removit, dimovit, and comes from עזלזל by absorbing the liquid, like Babel from balbel (Gen 11:9), and Golgotha from gulgalta (Ewald, 158c). The Septuagint rendering is correct, ὁ ἀποπομπαῖος; although in Lev 16:10 the rendering ἀποπομπή is also adopted, i.e., "averruncus, a fiend, or demon whom one drives away" (Ewald). We have not to think, however, of any demon whatever, who seduces men to wickedness in the form of an evil spirit, as the fallen angel Azazel is represented as doing in the Jewish writings (Book of Enoch 8:1; 10:10; 13:1ff.), like the terrible field Shibe, whom the Arabs of the peninsula of Sinai so much dread (Seetzen, i. pp. 273-4), but of the devil himself, the head of the fallen angels, who was afterwards called Satan; for no subordinate evil spirit could have been placed in antithesis to Jehovah as Azazel is here, but only the ruler or head of the kingdom of demons. The desert and desolate places are mentioned elsewhere as the abode of evil spirits (Isa 13:21; Isa 34:14; Mat 12:43; Luk 11:24; Rev 18:2). The desert, regarded as an image of death and desolation, corresponds to the nature of evil spirits, who fell away from the primary source of life, and in their hostility to God devastated the world, which was created good, and brought death and destruction in their train.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

With the bullock Aaron was to make atonement for himself and his house. The two he-goats he was to place before Jehovah (see Lev 1:5), and "give lots over them," i.e., have lots cast upon them, one lot for Jehovah, the other for Azazel. The one upon which the lot for Jehovah fell (עלה, from the coming up of the lot out of the urn, Jos 18:11; Jos 19:10), he was to prepare as a sin-offering for Jehovah, and to present the one upon which the lot for Azazel fell alive before Jehovah, עליו לכפּר, "to expiate it," i.e., to make it the object of expiation (see at Lev 16:21), to send it (them) into the desert to Azazel. עזאזל, which only occurs in this chapter, signifies neither "a remote solitude," nor any locality in the desert whatever (as Jonathan, Rashi, etc., suppose); nor the "he-goat" (from עז goat, and עזל to turn off, "the goat departing or sent away," as Symm., Theodot., the Vulgate, Luther, and others render it); nor "complete removal" (Bhr, Winer, Tholuck, etc.). The words, one lot for Jehovah and one for Azazel, require unconditionally that Azazel should be regarded as a personal being, in opposition to Jehovah. The word is a more intense form of עזל removit, dimovit, and comes from עזלזל by absorbing the liquid, like Babel from balbel (Gen 11:9), and Golgotha from gulgalta (Ewald, 158c). The Septuagint rendering is correct, ὁ ἀποπομπαῖος; although in Lev 16:10 the rendering ἀποπομπή is also adopted, i.e., "averruncus, a fiend, or demon whom one drives away" (Ewald). We have not to think, however, of any demon whatever, who seduces men to wickedness in the form of an evil spirit, as the fallen angel Azazel is represented as doing in the Jewish writings (Book of Enoch 8:1; 10:10; 13:1ff.), like the terrible field Shibe, whom the Arabs of the peninsula of Sinai so much dread (Seetzen, i. pp. 273-4), but of the devil himself, the head of the fallen angels, who was afterwards called Satan; for no subordinate evil spirit could have been placed in antithesis to Jehovah as Azazel is here, but only the ruler or head of the kingdom of demons. The desert and desolate places are mentioned elsewhere as the abode of evil spirits (Isa 13:21; Isa 34:14; Mat 12:43; Luk 11:24; Rev 18:2). The desert, regarded as an image of death and desolation, corresponds to the nature of evil spirits, who fell away from the primary source of life, and in their hostility to God devastated the world, which was created good, and brought death and destruction in their train.

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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].

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].

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].

³³ And they shall eat [0398] those things wherewith the atonement was made [03722], to consecrate [04390] [03027] and to sanctify [06942] them: but a stranger [02114] shall not eat [0398] thereof, because they are holy [06944].

¹ For [1063] the law [3551] having [2192] a shadow [4639] of good things [18] to come [3195], and not [3756] the very [846] image [1504] of the things [4229], can [1410] never [3763] with those [846] sacrifices [2378] which [3739] they offered [4374] year by year [2596] [1763] continually [1519] [1336] make [5048] the comers thereunto [4334] perfect [5048].

²⁵ Whom [3739] God [2316] hath set forth [4388] to be a propitiation [2435] through [1223] faith [4102] in [1722] his [846] blood [129], to [1519] declare [1732] his [846] righteousness [1343] for [1223] the remission [3929] of sins [265] that are past [4266], through [1722] the forbearance [463] of God [2316];

⁴ For [1063] it is not possible [102] that the blood [129] of bulls [5022] and [2532] of goats [5131] should take away [851] sins [266].

² And [2532] he cried [2896] mightily [2479] with [1722] a strong [3173] voice [5456], saying [3004], Babylon [897] the great [3173] is fallen [4098], is fallen [4098], and [2532] is become [1096] the habitation [2732] of devils [1142], and [2532] the hold [5438] of every [3956] foul [169] spirit [4151], and [2532] a cage [5438] of every [3956] unclean [169] and [2532] hateful [3404] bird [3732].

²⁴ When [3752] the unclean [169] spirit [4151] is gone [1831] out of [575] a man [444], he walketh [1330] through [1223] dry [504] places [5117], seeking [2212] rest [372]; and [2532] finding [2147] none [3361], he saith [3004], I will return [5290] unto [1519] my [3450] house [3624] whence [3606] I came out [1831].

⁴³ [1161] When [3752] the unclean [169] spirit [4151] is gone [1831] out of [575] a man [444], he walketh [1330] through [1223] dry [504] places [5117], seeking [2212] rest [372], and [2532] findeth [2147] none [3756].

¹⁴ The wild beasts of the desert [06728] shall also meet [06298] with the wild beasts of the island [0338], and the satyr [08163] shall cry [07121] to his fellow [07453]; the screech owl [03917] also shall rest [07280] there, and find [04672] for herself a place of rest [04494].

²¹ But wild beasts of the desert [06728] shall lie [07257] there; and their houses [01004] shall be full [04390] of doleful creatures [0255]; and owls [01323] [03284] shall dwell [07931] there, and satyrs [08163] shall dance [07540] there.

⁹ Therefore is the name of it [08034] called [07121] Babel [0894]; because the LORD [03068] did there confound [01101] the language [08193] of all the earth [0776]: and from thence did [06327] the LORD [03068] scatter them abroad [06327] upon the face [06440] of all the earth [0776].

²¹ And Aaron [0175] shall lay [05564] both [08147] his hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the live [02416] goat [08163], and confess [03034] over him all the iniquities [05771] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and all their transgressions [06588] in all their sins [02403], putting [05414] them upon the head [07218] of the goat [08163], and shall send him away [07971] by the hand [03027] of a fit [06261] man [0376] into the wilderness [04057]:

¹⁰ And the third [07992] lot [01486] came up [05927] for the children [01121] of Zebulun [02074] according to their families [04940]: and the border [01366] of their inheritance [05159] was unto Sarid [08301]:

¹¹ And the lot [01486] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] came up [05927] according to their families [04940]: and the coast [01366] of their lot [01486] came forth [03318] between the children [01121] of Judah [03063] and the children [01121] of Joseph [03130].

⁵ And he shall kill [07819] the bullock [01121] [01241] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall bring [07126] the blood [01818], and sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] round about [05439] upon the altar [04196] that is by the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].