Leviticus 16:3
New International Version
“This is how Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place: He must first bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

New Living Translation
“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.

English Standard Version
But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

Berean Standard Bible
This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

King James Bible
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

New King James Version
“Thus Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with the blood of a young bull as a sin offering, and of a ram as a burnt offering.

New American Standard Bible
Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.

NASB 1995
“Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

NASB 1977
“Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

Legacy Standard Bible
Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

Amplified Bible
Aaron [as high priest] shall enter the Holy Place in this way: with [the blood of] a young bull as a sin offering and [the blood of] a ram as a burnt offering.

Christian Standard Bible
“Aaron is to enter the most holy place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Aaron is to enter the most holy place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

American Standard Version
Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But with this Ahron shall be entering into holiness: with a bull, son of an ox for sin, and a ram for a burnt peace offering.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus shall Aaron enter into the holy place; with a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and having a ram for a whole-burnt-offering.

Contemporary English Version
Before entering this most holy place, you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for your sins and a ram as a sacrifice to please me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unless he first do these things: He shall offer a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust.

English Revised Version
Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is what Aaron must do in order to come into the holy place: He must take a bull as an offering for sin and a ram as a burnt offering.

Good News Translation
He may enter the Most Holy Place only after he has brought a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering."

International Standard Version
Aaron is to enter the sacred place with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a whole burnt offering.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.

Literal Standard Version
With this Aaron comes into the holy place: with a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering;

Majority Standard Bible
This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

New American Bible
Only in this way may Aaron enter the inner sanctuary. He shall bring a bull of the herd for a purification offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

NET Bible
"In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary--with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

New Heart English Bible
"Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.

World English Bible
“Aaron shall come into the sanctuary with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

Young's Literal Translation
'With this doth Aaron come in unto the sanctuary; with a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering;

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Context
The Law of Atonement
2And 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. 3This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 4He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.…

Cross References
Hebrews 9:7
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.

Leviticus 4:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 16:6
Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

Numbers 29:11
Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.


Treasury of Scripture

Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

Aaron

Hebrews 9:7,12,24,25
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: …

a young

Leviticus 4:3
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:14
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

Numbers 29:7-11
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: …

a ram for a burnt-offering

Leviticus 1:3,10
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD…

Leviticus 8:18
And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

Leviticus 9:3
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

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Leviticus 16
1. how the high priest must enter into the holy place
11. The sin offering for himself
15. The sin offering for the people
20. The scapegoat
29. The yearly feast of the expiations














(3) Thus shall Aaron come.--Better, With this shall, &c, that is, with the following sacrifices, ritual, vestments, &c, shall he approach the most holy place, after having offered previously the daily morning sacrifice, and performed the ordinary daily service. During the performance of the morning service the high priest, at the time of Christ, wore the golden vestments. These he changed for the white garments before he commenced the special ritual prescribed for this day.

With a young bullock for a sin offering.--Which had to be of the second year (see Exodus 29:1), and which the high priest had to buy with his own money. It was to be his own property because the victim was to expiate his own sins, since he, like the meanest sinner, required Divine mercy and forgiveness, though, owing to his high office, he had to bring a more costly sacrifice.

Verse 3 - Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place. "Thus" would be translated more literally by With this. He must come supplied with the specified offerings, dressed in the appointed manner and using the ceremonial here designated. The efficacy of the acts of the high priest on this day and throughout his ministrations depended not upon his individual but on his official character, and on his obedience to the various commandments positively enjoined. Personal worthiness would not qualify him for his service, nor personal unworthiness hinder the effect of his liturgical acts (cf. Art. 26, 'Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacrament'). Aaron's special offerings for himself on this great day are to be a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This is how
בְּזֹ֛את (bə·zōṯ)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

is to enter
יָבֹ֥א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the Holy Place:
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

with a young bull
בְּפַ֧ר (bə·p̄ar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

for a sin offering
לְחַטָּ֖את (lə·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

and a ram
וְאַ֥יִל (wə·’a·yil)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

for a burnt offering.
לְעֹלָֽה׃ (lə·‘ō·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering


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