Leviticus 16:5 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Leviticus 16:5

3 “Thus Aaron shall ^acome into the Holy Place: ^bwith the blood of a young bull as a sin offering, and of a ram as a burnt offering.

4 He shall put the ^aholy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; ^bhe shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. Therefore he shall wash his body in water, and put them on.

5 And he shall take from ^athe congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering.

6 “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and ^amake atonement for himself and for his house.

7 He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

8 Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.

9 And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.

10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make ^aatonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.

11 “And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for ^ahimself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself.

12 Then he shall take ^aa censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, with his hands full of ^bsweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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shall take of the congregation . . . two kids of the goats . . . and one ram—The sacrifices were to be offered by the high priest, respectively for himself and the other priests, as well as for the people. The bullock (Leviticus 16:3) and the goats were for sin offerings and the rams for burnt offerings. The goats, though used in different ways, constituted only one offering. They were both presented before the Lord, and the disposal of them determined by lot, which Jewish writers have thus described: The priest, placing one of the goats on his right hand and the other on his left, took his station by the altar, and cast into an urn two pieces of gold exactly similar, inscribed, the one with the words "for the Lord," and the other for "Azazel" (the scapegoat). After having well shaken them together, he put both his hands into the box and took up a lot in each: that in his right hand he put on the head of the goat which stood on his right, and that in his left he dropped on the other. In this manner the fate of each was decided.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Leviticus 16:5:

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