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11 “And Aaron shall present the sin offering’s bull, which is for himself, and so he shall make atonement for himself and for his family; then[a] he shall slaughter the sin offering’s bull, which is for himself. 12 And he shall take a[b] censer full of burning charcoal[c] from upon the altar from before[d] Yahweh and two handfuls[e] of incense of powdered fragrant perfumes, and he shall bring it from behind[f] the curtain, 13 and he shall put the incense on the fire before[g] Yahweh so that the cloud of incense might cover the atonement cover, which is on the covenant text,[h] so that he might not die.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:11 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 16:12 Hebrew “the”
  3. Leviticus 16:12 Literally “burning charcoal of fire”
  4. Leviticus 16:12 Literally “to the faces of”
  5. Leviticus 16:12 Literally “the fullness of the hollow of his hands”
  6. Leviticus 16:12 Literally “from the interior/inside of”
  7. Leviticus 16:13 Literally “to the faces of”
  8. Leviticus 16:13 Literally “testimony”

11 “Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household,(A) and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. 12 He is to take a censer full of burning coals(B) from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense(C) and take them behind the curtain. 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover(D) above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.(E)

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