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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD and died,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered <i>profane fire</i> before the LORD, and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near the presence of Yahweh and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who had died when they [irreverently] approached the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron&#8217s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after Aaron's two sons had come into the LORD's presence and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who were killed when they offered unholy fire to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons when they had approached the LORD and died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron?s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons when they approached the presence of the LORD and died,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH speaks to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their drawing near before YHWH, and they die;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their drawing near before Jehovah, and they die;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will speak to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their bringing near before Jehovah, and they shall die.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they were slain upon their offering strange fire: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they were destroyed for offering strange fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died when they encroached on the LORD’s presence, the LORD spoke to Moses<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD and died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered strange fire before the LORD and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe after both the sons of Ahron died, when they offered alien fire before LORD JEHOVAH, and they died;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD spoke unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the Lord spoke to Moses after the two sons of Aaron died in bringing strange fire before the Lord, so they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/16-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4217" 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 Law of Atonement</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Now the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mō·wṯ (N-msc) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">the death</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">of two</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">of Aaron’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: bə·qā·rə·ḇā·ṯām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">when they approached</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê- (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the presence</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: way·yā·mu·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill."></a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.…<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="/exodus/28-1.htm">Exodus 28:1</a></span><br />“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-10.htm">Exodus 30:10</a></span><br />Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/3-4.htm">Numbers 3:4</a></span><br />Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-7.htm">Numbers 18:7</a></span><br />But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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/9-25.htm">Hebrews 9:25</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-20</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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1-4</a></span><br />Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. / He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness. / That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a></span><br />Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3</a></span><br />And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">1 Samuel 2:28</a></span><br />And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">2 Chronicles 26:16-21</a></span><br />But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. / Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him. / They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-27.htm">Ezekiel 44:27</a></span><br />And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord 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="/mark/15-38.htm">Mark 15:38</a></span><br />And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1,2</a></b></br> And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-5.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Die</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-2.htm">Died</a> <a href="/exodus/40-32.htm">Drawing</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-5.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-57.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-30.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/exodus/14-9.htm">Overtook</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-2.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Strange</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/numbers/31-48.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Die</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">Died</a> <a href="/numbers/4-19.htm">Drawing</a> <a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-6.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/numbers/26-10.htm">Overtook</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-32.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Strange</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 /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now the LORD spoke to Moses</b><br>This phrase indicates direct divine communication, a common occurrence in the Pentateuch where God provides guidance and commandments to Moses. It underscores Moses' role as a mediator between God and the Israelites. This communication often involves instructions for worship, law, and community living, emphasizing the covenant relationship between God and His chosen people.<p><b>after the death of two of Aaron’s sons</b><br>This refers to the tragic event recorded in <a href="/leviticus/10.htm">Leviticus 10:1-2</a>, where Nadab and Abihu, Aaron's sons, offered unauthorized fire before the LORD and were consumed by fire as a result. This incident highlights the holiness of God and the seriousness of approaching Him in a manner not prescribed by His commandments. It serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the need for reverence in worship.<p><b>when they approached the presence of the LORD</b><br>The "presence of the LORD" refers to the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle, where God's presence dwelt above the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant. This was the most sacred space, and only the high priest could enter, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). The incident with Aaron's sons underscores the sanctity of this space and the necessity of following God's specific instructions for worship and sacrifice. This foreshadows the ultimate access to God's presence through Jesus Christ, who, as the perfect high priest, entered the heavenly Holy of Holies once for all (<a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His laws and instructions to His people through Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of Israel, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt and to mediate His laws.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel, responsible for performing sacred duties in the Tabernacle.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_two_sons_of_aaron.htm">The two sons of Aaron (Nadab and Abihu)</a></b><br>They died because they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, highlighting the seriousness of approaching God improperly.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The sacred place where God's presence dwelt among His people, and where the priests performed their duties.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_holiness.htm">Reverence for God's Holiness</a></b><br>The death of Aaron's sons serves as a sobering reminder of the holiness of God and the need for reverence and obedience in worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_mediator.htm">The Role of the Mediator</a></b><br>Moses acts as a mediator between God and the people, foreshadowing the ultimate mediator, Jesus Christ, who intercedes on our behalf.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The incident underscores the importance of adhering to God's instructions, especially in matters of worship and service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_atonement.htm">God's Provision for Atonement</a></b><br>The context of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm">Leviticus 16</a> introduces the Day of Atonement, highlighting God's provision for dealing with sin and maintaining a relationship with His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/approaching_god_with_the_right_heart.htm">Approaching God with the Right Heart</a></b><br>The passage encourages believers to examine their hearts and motives when approaching God, ensuring they do so with humility and sincerity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_korah_oppose_moses_and_aaron.htm">Why did Korah rebel against Moses and Aaron?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_numbers_16's_punishment_aligned_with_a_forgiving_god.htm">Does the severity of punishment in Numbers 16 align with the New Testament portrayal of a forgiving God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_jesus_as_propitiation.htm">What does Jesus as propitiation for our sins mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/mercy_seat__redemption_or_judgment.htm">Is the Mercy Seat a place of redemption or judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XVI.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">And the Lord spake unto Moses.</span>--As the observance of the minute regulations given in the preceding chapters about the daily sacrifices and purifications would necessarily be tainted with many imperfections and shortcomings, both on the part of the mediating priests and the offering laity, a general day of atonement is here instituted, when priest and people are alike to obtain atonement once a year for the sins which were mixed up even with their sacred worship. The day of atonement enacted in the chapter before us is therefore an appropriate conclusion of the laws of purification in the preceding chapters. It is an annual supplement and completion of all the ordinances which were daily practised, and the design of which was to obtain atonement and reconciliation.<p><span class= "bld">After the death of the two sons of Aaron.</span>--That is, after Nadab and Abihu, his two eldest sons, had died, in consequence of having presumptuously entered the sanctuary in a profane manner, and at an irregular time. (See <a href="/context/leviticus/10-1.htm" title="And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.">Leviticus 10:1-2</a>.)<p>PART III. <p>SECTION II. <p>CHAPTER 16. THE CEREMONIAL PURIFICATION OF THE WHOLE CONGREGATION ON THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT. This chapter, containing the account of the institution of the ceremonial to be used on the Day of Atonement, would take its place chronologically immediately after the tenth chapter, for the instructions conveyed in it were delivered to Moses <span class="accented">"after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord and died"</span> (verse 1), when the fate of Nadab and Abihu would naturally have led Aaron to desire a more perfect knowledge than had as yet been imparted to him as to the manner in which he was to present himself before the Lord. Logically it might either occupy its present position, as being the great and culminating atoning and cleansing ceremony, or it might be relegated to a place among the holy days in chapter 23, where it is, in fact, shortly noticed. That it is placed here shows that the most essential characteristic of the Day in the judgment of the legislator is that of its serving as the occasion and the means of "making <span class="accented">an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and making an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and for making an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation"</span> (verse 33). Annually there gathered over the camp, and over the sanctuary as situated in the midst of the camp, a mass of defilement, arising in part from sins whose guilt had not been removed by the punishment of the offenders, and in part from uncleannesses which had not been cleansed by sacrifices and the prescribed ceremonial rites. Annually this defilement had to be atoned for or covered away from the sight of God. This was done by the solemn observance of the great Day of Atonement, and specially by the high priest's carrying the blood of the sacrifices into the holy of holies, into which he might enter on no other day of the year; while the consciousness of deliverance from the guilt of sin was quickened on the part of the people by their seeing the scapegoat <span class="accented">"bear</span> <span class="accented">away upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited"</span> (verse 22). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/16-1.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">Now the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spoke</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the death</span><br /><span class="heb">מ֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Aaron’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when they approached</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקָרְבָתָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qā·rə·ḇā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<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 presence</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/16-1.htm">Leviticus 16:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 16:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 16:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16:2" /></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>