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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Leviticus 16 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/leviticus/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Leviticus 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/15.htm" title="Leviticus 15">◄</a> Leviticus 16 <a href="../leviticus/17.htm" title="Leviticus 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Great Day of Forgiveness</h3><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_1"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.1-Lev.16.2" class="v2_16_1">1-2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.1-Lev.16.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Two of Aaron's sons had already lost their lives for disobeying the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.1-Lev.16.2!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> so the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told Moses to say to Aaron:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_1">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, appear in a cloud over the place of mercy on the sacred chest, which is behind the inside curtain<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.1-Lev.16.2!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of the sacred tent. And I warn you not to go there except at the proper time. Otherwise, you will die!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_3"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.3" class="v2_16_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Before entering this most holy place, you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for your sins<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.3!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and a ram as a sacrifice to please me.<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.3!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v2_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.4" class="v2_16_4">4</span>You will take a bath and put on the sacred linen clothes, including the underwear, the robe, the sash, and the turban. </span><span class="v2_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.5" class="v2_16_5">5</span>Then the community of Israel will bring you a ram and two goats, both of them males. The goats are to be used as sacrifices for sin, and the ram is to be used as a sacrifice to please me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_6"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.6" class="v2_16_6">6</span>Aaron, you must offer the bull as a sacrifice of forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family. </span><span class="v2_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.7" class="v2_16_7">7</span>Then you will lead the two goats into my presence at the front of the sacred tent, </span><span class="v2_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.8" class="v2_16_8">8</span>where I will show you<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> which goat will be sacrificed to me and which one will be sent into the desert to the demon Azazel.<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v2_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.9" class="v2_16_9">9</span>After you offer the first goat as a sacrifice for sin, </span><span class="v2_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.10" class="v2_16_10">10</span>the other one must be presented to me alive, before you send it into the desert to take away the sins of the people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.11" class="v2_16_11">11</span>You must offer the bull as a sacrifice to ask forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family. </span><span class="v2_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.12" class="v2_16_12">12</span>Then you will take a fire pan of live coals from the bronze altar, together with two handfuls of finely ground incense, into the most holy place. </span><span class="v2_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.13" class="v2_16_13">13</span>There you will present them to me by placing the incense on the coals, so that the place of mercy will be covered with a cloud of smoke. Do this, or you will die right there! </span><span class="v2_16_14"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.14" class="v2_16_14">14</span>Next, use a finger to sprinkle some of the blood on the place of mercy, which is on the lid of the sacred chest; then sprinkle blood seven times in front of the chest.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.15" class="v2_16_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Aaron, you must next sacrifice the goat for the sins of the people, and you must sprinkle its blood inside the most holy place, just as you did with the blood of the bull. </span><span class="v2_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.16" class="v2_16_16">16</span>By doing this, you will take away the sins that make both the most holy place and the people of Israel unclean. Do the same for the sacred tent, which is here among the people. </span><span class="v2_16_17"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.17" class="v2_16_17">17</span>Only you are allowed in the sacred tent from the time you enter until the time you come out. </span><span class="v2_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.18" class="v2_16_18">18</span>After leaving the tent, you will purify the bronze altar by smearing each of its four corners with some of the blood from the bull and from the goat. </span><span class="v2_16_19"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.19" class="v2_16_19">19</span>Use a finger to sprinkle the altar seven times with the blood, and it will be completely clean from the sins of the people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_20"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.20" class="v2_16_20">20</span>After you have purified the most holy place, the sacred tent, and the bronze altar, you must bring the live goat to the front of the tent. </span><span class="v2_16_21"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.21" class="v2_16_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> There you will lay your hands on its head, while confessing every sin the people have committed, and you will appoint someone to lead the goat into the desert, so that it can take away their sins. </span><span class="v2_16_22"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.22" class="v2_16_22">22</span>Finally, this goat that carries the heavy burden of Israel's sins must be released deep in the desert.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_23"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.23-Lev.16.24" class="v2_16_23">23-24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.23-Lev.16.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Aaron, after this you must go inside the sacred tent, take a bath, put on your regular priestly clothes, and leave there the clothes you put on before entering the most holy place. Then you will come out and offer sacrifices to please me and sacrifices for your sins and for the sins of the people. </span><span class="v2_16_25"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.25" class="v2_16_25">25</span>The fat from these sacrifices for sin must be sent up in smoke on the bronze altar.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_26"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.26" class="v2_16_26">26</span>The one who led the goat into the desert and sent it off to the demon Azazel must take a bath and wash his clothes before coming back into camp. </span><span class="v2_16_27"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.27" class="v2_16_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The remains of the bull and the goat whose blood was taken into the most holy place must be taken outside the camp and burned. </span><span class="v2_16_28"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.28" class="v2_16_28">28</span>And whoever does this must take a bath and change clothes before coming back into camp.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> told Moses to say to the people:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_29"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.29" class="v2_16_29">29</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.29!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> On the tenth day of the seventh month<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.29!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of each year, you must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins, and no one, including foreigners who live among you, is allowed to work. </span><span class="v2_16_30"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.30" class="v2_16_30">30</span>This is the day on which the sacrifice for the forgiveness of your sins will be made in my presence, </span><span class="v2_16_31"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.31" class="v2_16_31">31</span>and from now on, it must be celebrated each year. Go without eating and make this a day of complete rest just like the Sabbath. </span><span class="v2_16_32"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.32" class="v2_16_32">32</span>The high priest must offer the sacrifices for cleansing from sin, while wearing the sacred linen clothes. </span><span class="v2_16_33"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.33" class="v2_16_33">33</span>He will offer these sacrifices for the most holy place, the sacred tent, the bronze altar, all the priests, and for the whole community. </span><span class="v2_16_34"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.16.34" class="v2_16_34">34</span>You must celebrate this day each year—it is the Great Day of Forgiveness<a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.16.34!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for all the sins of the people of Israel.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_16_34">Moses did exactly as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded.</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.1,2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">lost … disobeying the <char style="nd">Lord</char>: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 10.1,2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.1,2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">inside curtain: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">That separated the holy place from the most holy place.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">for your sins: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 4.3-12.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sacrifice to please me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.1-3.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I will show you: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “you must cast lots to find out.” Pieces of wood or stone (called “lots”) were used to find out what God wanted his people to do.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Azazel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">It was believed that a demon named Azazel lived in the desert.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.29 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">seventh month: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Tishri (also called Ethanim), the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-September to mid-October.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.34 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Great Day of Forgiveness: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Traditionally known as the Day of Atonement.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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