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Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy <i>place</i>, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy <i>Place</i>, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When he finishes atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“And when he finishes making atonement for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring near the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When he has finished atoning for the Holy Place and the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When he has finished purifying the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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 class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"When he finishes making peace with the LORD at the holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he will bring the living goat forward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Aaron has finished performing the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place, the rest of the Tent of the LORD's presence, and the altar, he shall present to the LORD the live goat chosen for Azazel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When he has completed making atonement at the sacred place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, then he is to present the live male goat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"When he has finished purifying the holy place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“When he has finished atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he has ceased from making atonement [for] the holy place, and the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and has brought the living goat near;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he hath ceased from making atonement for the sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, and hath brought near the living goat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he finished expiating the holy place, and the tent of appointment, and the altar, and he brought the living he goat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />After he hath cleansed the sanctuary, and the tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the living goat: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />After he has cleansed the Sanctuary, and the tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the living goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When he has finished purging the inner sanctuary, the tent of meeting and the altar, Aaron shall bring forward the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When he has finished atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place and the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, he shall bring the live goat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And whenever he has finished making atonement for the Holy Place and for the Time Tent and for the altar, he shall bring the living kid:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and for the tabernacle of witness, and for the altar; and he shall make a cleansing for the priests, and he shall bring the living goat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/16-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4414" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm">The Scapegoat</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: wə·ḵil·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">When Aaron has finished</a> <a href="/hebrew/3722.htm" title="3722: mik·kap·pêr (Prep-m:: V-Piel-Inf) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">purifying</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">the Most Holy Place,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">and the altar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: wə·hiq·rîḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">he is to bring forward</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: he·ḥāy (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">the live</a> <a href="/hebrew/8163.htm" title="8163: haś·śā·‘îr (Art:: N-ms) -- Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun. Or sabir; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun.">goat.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Hebrews 9:7</a></span><br />But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a></span><br />He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24-26</a></span><br />For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. / Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. / Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1-4</a></span><br />For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a></span><br />Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></span><br />But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-2.htm">1 John 2:2</a></span><br />He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-10.htm">Romans 5:10-11</a></span><br />For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! / Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51</a></span><br />At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></span><br />The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-6</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. / We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11-12</a></span><br />After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when he has made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:</p><p class="hdg">reconciling</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm">Leviticus 16:16</a></b></br> And he shall make an atonement for the holy <i>place</i>, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Leviticus 6:30</a></b></br> And no sin offering, whereof <i>any</i> of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile <i>withal</i> in the holy <i>place</i>, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/8-15.htm">Leviticus 8:15</a></b></br> And he slew <i>it</i>; and Moses took the blood, and put <i>it</i> upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.</p><p class="hdg">live goat</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/4-25.htm">Romans 4:25</a></b></br> Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Romans 8:34</a></b></br> Who <i>is</i> he that condemneth? <i>It is</i> Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a></b></br> Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/exodus/30-10.htm">Atoning</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">End</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-5.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Free</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-10.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm">Necessary</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-11.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-11.htm">Present</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">Reconciling</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-25.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-24.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Atoning</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/6-13.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/numbers/4-15.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/numbers/1-51.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-30.htm">Free</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-8.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-32.htm">Necessary</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-24.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Present</a> <a href="/romans/11-15.htm">Reconciling</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-24.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm">how the high priest must enter into the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-11.htm">The sin offering for himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-15.htm">The sin offering for the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-20.htm">The scapegoat</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">The yearly feast of the expiations</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/leviticus/16.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>When Aaron has finished</b><br />The phrase indicates a completion of a sacred duty. Aaron, as the high priest, had a unique role in the spiritual life of Israel. The Hebrew root for "finished" is "kalah," which implies bringing something to completion or fulfillment. This completion signifies the thoroughness required in the purification process, emphasizing the seriousness of sin and the need for meticulous atonement.<p><b>purifying</b><br />The Hebrew word "kaphar" is used here, which means to cover, make atonement, or cleanse. This purification is not merely a physical cleaning but a spiritual act that symbolizes the removal of sin and impurity. It reflects the holiness of God and the necessity for His people to be cleansed to maintain a relationship with Him.<p><b>the Most Holy Place</b><br />This refers to the innermost part of the tabernacle, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. It was the earthly dwelling place of God's presence. The Hebrew term "Qodesh HaQodashim" underscores the supreme sanctity of this space. Only the high priest could enter, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement, highlighting the separation between a holy God and sinful humanity.<p><b>the Tent of Meeting</b><br />Known in Hebrew as "Ohel Moed," this was the place where God met with Moses and the Israelites. It served as a central point for worship and communication with God. The Tent of Meeting represents God's desire to dwell among His people and the structured way in which He established His presence among them.<p><b>and the altar</b><br />The altar was central to the sacrificial system, symbolizing the place where atonement for sin was made. The Hebrew word "mizbeach" comes from a root meaning "to slaughter," indicating its primary function. The altar's purification was essential to ensure that the sacrifices offered were acceptable to God.<p><b>he shall bring forward</b><br />This action signifies a transition in the ritual. The Hebrew verb "qarab" means to approach or bring near, indicating the movement towards the next phase of the atonement process. It reflects the ongoing nature of atonement and the need for continual intercession.<p><b>the live goat</b><br />This refers to the "scapegoat," or "Azazel" in Hebrew, which was part of the Day of Atonement ritual. The live goat symbolized the removal of the people's sins, as it was sent into the wilderness. This act foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who bore the sins of humanity and removed them as far as the east is from the west.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">And when he hath made an end.</span>--Having finished the expiation for himself, his fellow priests, and the sanctuary with its utensils, the goat destined by lot for Azazel, which was standing in the court before the Lord, was now brought to the high priest, that he might complete the sin-offering for the Israelites.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20, 21.</span> - The second part of the ceremonies of the day now commences. It was not enough that the defilement of the sanctuary should be covered, and the sins of the priests and people atoned for by the blood of the sacrifices. There remained a consciousness of sin. How was this to be taken away? To effect this, Aaron proceeds to the unique ceremony of the day by which the utter removal of sin from the reconciled people is typified. <span class="cmt_word">He shall bring the live goat;</span> this should be translated <span class="accented">offer the live goat.</span> It is the word used above for the <span class="accented">offering</span> of the goat that was slain, and it is the word always used for offering sacrifices to the Lord. The first goat had been offered in the usual manner, the offerer laying his hand on his head and perhaps praying over him. Now the second goat is offered, the high priest having to <span class="cmt_word">lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,... putting them upon the head of the goat.</span> The confession of sins, at first extempore, would naturally, as time progressed, become stereotyped into a liturgical form, as it is found in the Mishna: "O Lord, they have committed iniquity; they have transgressed; they have sinned, - thy people, the house of Israel. O Lord, cover over, I entreat thee, their iniquities, their transgressions, and their sins, which they have wickedly committed, transgressed, and sinned before thee, - thy people, the house of Israel. As it is written in the Law of Moses thy servant, saying, ' For on that day shall it be covered over for you, to make you clean; from all your sins before the Lord ye shall be cleansed'" (Edersheim, 'Temple Service '). During this confession of sins the people remained prostrate in humiliation and prayer in the court of the tabernacle, and it was the custom of the high priest to turn towards them as he pronounced the last words, "Ye shall be cleansed." At the conclusion of the confession, the high priest handed over the goat to a fit man, that is, to a man who was standing ready to take charge of him, and <span class="cmt_word">sent him away by his hand into the wilderness.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/16-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When [Aaron] has finished</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכִלָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵil·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">purifying</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכַּפֵּ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kap·pêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Most Holy Place,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֥הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Meeting,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֵ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the altar,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he is to bring forward</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִקְרִ֖יב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiq·rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the live</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">goat.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8163.htm">Strong's 8163: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/16-20.htm">Leviticus 16:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/16-20.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 16:20 When he has made an end (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 16:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 16:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>