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And Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell[a] your brother Aaron that he should not enter at any time into the sanctuary behind[b] the curtain in front of[c] the atonement cover that is on the ark, so that he might not die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.

“Aaron must enter the sanctuary with this: a young bull[d] as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering. He must put on a holy linen tunic,[e] and linen undergarments must be on his body, and he must fasten himself[f] with a linen sash, and he must wrap a linen turban around his head[g]—they are holy garments, and he shall wash his body with water, then[h] he shall put them on.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:2 Or “Speak to”
  2. Leviticus 16:2 Literally “from the interior/inside to”
  3. Leviticus 16:2 Literally “to the faces of”
  4. Leviticus 16:3 Literally “a bull a son of cattle”
  5. Leviticus 16:4 Literally “a tunic of linen of holiness”
  6. Leviticus 16:4 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Leviticus 16:4 Supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Leviticus 16:4 Or “and”