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The Day of Reconciliation

16 After the death of Aaron’s two sons, which happened when they approached the Lord and died, the Lord spoke to Moses: Tell your brother Aaron that he cannot come whenever he wants into the holy area inside the inner curtain, to the front of the cover[a] that is on the chest, or else he will die, because I am present[b] in the cloud above the cover. No, but Aaron must enter the holy area as follows: with a bull from the herd as a purification offering and a ram as an entirely burned offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:2 Or mercy seat or perhaps reconciliation cover (Heb kapporet)
  2. Leviticus 16:2 Or I am seen or I appear

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