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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../topmenuchap/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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/leviticus/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Day of Atonement</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died after they entered the LORD’s presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The LORD said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“When Aaron enters the sanctuary area, he must follow these instructions fully. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He must put on his linen tunic and the linen undergarments worn next to his body. He must tie the linen sash around his waist and put the linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments, so he must bathe himself in water before he puts them on. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Aaron must take from the community of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the LORD and which will carry the sins of the people to the wilderness of Azazel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD. After he has slaughtered the bull as a sin offering, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>he will fill an incense burner with burning coals from the altar that stands before the LORD. Then he will take two handfuls of fragrant powdered incense and will carry the burner and the incense behind the inner curtain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>There in the LORD’s presence he will put the incense on the burning coals so that a cloud of incense will rise over the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> If he follows these instructions, he will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat’s blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull’s blood. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Through this process, he will purify<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Then Aaron will come out to purify the altar that stands before the LORD. He will do this by taking some of the blood from the bull and the goat and putting it on each of the horns of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then he must sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times over the altar. In this way, he will cleanse it from Israel’s defilement and make it holy.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into a desolate land.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“When Aaron goes back into the Tabernacle, he must take off the linen garments he was wearing when he entered the Most Holy Place, and he must leave the garments there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then he must bathe himself with water in a sacred place, put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering for himself and a burnt offering for the people. Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He must then burn all the fat of the sin offering on the altar.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“The man chosen to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Then he may return to the camp.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“The bull and the goat presented as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. The animals’ hides, internal organs, and dung are all to be burned. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water before returning to the camp.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> you must deny yourselves.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>On that day offerings of purification will be made for you,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> and you will be purified in the LORD’s presence from all your sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>In future generations, the purification<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> ceremony will be performed by the priest who has been anointed and ordained to serve as high priest in place of his ancestor Aaron. He will put on the holy linen garments <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>and purify the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, the altar, the priests, and the entire congregation. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/16-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>This is a permanent law for you, to purify the people of Israel from their sins, making them right with the LORD once each year.”</p><p class="reg">Moses followed all these instructions exactly as the LORD had commanded him.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">to make atonement for himself and his family;</span><span class="ft"> similarly in 16:11, 17b, 24, 34.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Tent of Meeting;</span><span class="ft"> also in 16:16, 17, 20, 23, 33.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">wilderness, it will make atonement for the people.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">that is above the Testimony.</span><span class="ft"> The Hebrew word for “testimony” refers to the terms of the </span><span class="sc">Lord</span><span class="ft">’s covenant with Israel as written on stone tablets, which were kept in the Ark, and also to the covenant itself.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">make atonement for;</span><span class="ft"> similarly in 16:17a, 18, 20, 27, 33.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:29a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">On the tenth day of the seventh month.</span><span class="ft"> This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in September or October.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:29b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">must fast;</span><span class="ft"> also in 16:31.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">atonement will be made for you, to purify you.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">atonement.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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