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Leviticus 16:19-21
New English Translation
Leviticus 16:19-21
New English Translation
19 Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it[a] from the impurities of the Israelites.
The Live Goat Ritual Procedures
20 “When Aaron[b] has finished purifying the Holy Place,[c] the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat. 21 Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins,[d] and thus he is to put them[e] on the head of the goat and send it away into the desert by the hand of a man standing ready.[f]
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- Leviticus 16:19 tn Heb “and he shall purify it and he shall consecrate it.”
- Leviticus 16:20 tn Heb “he.”
- Leviticus 16:20 tn Heb “And he shall finish from atoning the holy place.” In this case, the “holy place” etc. are direct objects of the verb “to atone” (cf. v. 33a below). In this case, therefore, the basic meaning of the verb (i.e., “to purge” or “wipe clean”) comes to the forefront. When the prepositions עַל (ʿal) or בֲּעַד (baʿad) occur with the verb כִּפֶּר (kipper) the purging is almost always being done “for” or “on behalf of” priests or people (see the note on Lev 1:4 as well as R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:698, the literature cited there, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 110, for more details).
- Leviticus 16:21 tn Heb “transgressions to all their sins.”
- Leviticus 16:21 tn Heb “and he shall give them.”
- Leviticus 16:21 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term עִתִּי (ʿitti) is uncertain. It is apparently related to עֵת (ʿet, “time”), and could perhaps mean either that he has been properly “appointed” (i.e., designated) for the task (e.g., NIV and NRSV) or “ready” (e.g., NASB and NEB).
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