Leviticus Chapter 16

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Levitikus chapter sixteen, The Eternal One spoke to Moses after
Aaron's two sons died from entering into the Eternal's presence.
Go talk to Erin and warn him that he cannot
go whenever he wants beyond the veil to the Holy
Place before the seed of Mercy that covers the Covenant chest.
If he does, he will lose his life, because I
will appear in the cloud above the seat of Mercy. Instead,

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he may enter into the Holy Place with a bull
from the herd for the purification offering for sin and
a ram for the burnt offering. Aaron will wash himself
with water and then put on his sacred garments, the
linen underclothes and the sacred linen tunic. He will tie
the linen sash around his waist and put on his
linen turban from the community of my people Israel. He

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will take two male goats as a purification offering for sin,
and a ram as a burnt offering. Aaron will present
the bull as a purification offering to cover himself and
his family. Then he will take the two goats and
present them to me at the entrance of the congregation. Tent.
There he will cast lots for the goats, one lot
for me and one lot for the scapegoat. Whichever goat

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my lot falls upon, Erin will offer that goat as
a purification offering for sin. Whichever goat the scapegoat's lot
falls upon, Erin will keep it alive, bring it before
me as a covering for the people, and set it
free into the wilderness. Aaron will offer the bull for
the purification offering to cover his and his family's sins,
and he will slaughter it himself. He will gather embers

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from my altar in a censer, and also two handfuls
of the finest, sweetest crushed incense and take it behind
the veil. He is to place the incense on the
embers in my presence, so that the cloud of incense
engulfs the Seat of Mercy, where sins are atoned on
the covenant chest. So he will not die. He must
also dip his finger into the bull's blood and sprinkle
it on the east side of the Seat of Mercy.

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In all, he is to sprinkle the blood seven times
in front of the Seat of Mercy. He will then
slaughter the goat for the purification offering on behalf of
the community's sin, take its blood behind the veil and
do the same thing with it that he did with
the bull's blood. He will sprinkle it on and in
front of the seat of Mercy. This is how he
will cover the impurities of the sanctuary, because the impurities,

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rebellion and sin of the people of Israel have defiled it.
He will perform the same ritual for the congregation tent,
since it stands in the heart of their uncleanness. When
the High Priest enters the sanctuary to cover the impurities
in the sacred space, no one else is allowed inside
the tent until he comes outside again after atoning for himself,
his family, and the entire community of Israel. Then the

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priest will approach the altar that sits in my presence
and cover any impurity it has by taking some of
the bulls and goat's blood and placing it around the
four horns of the altar. Then he must sprinkle some
of the blood on it with his fingers seven times
in order to purify it from the Israelites' impurities and
set it apart for my holy purposes. When the priest

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has finished covering the impurities in the sanctuary, the entire
congregation tent, and the altar. He must then present the
living goat this scapegoat. Aaron will place both his hands
on the goat's head and confess aloud over it all
the guilt, rebellion, and wrongdoings of the people of Israel.
In this way he will transfer the sins of the
people onto the goat's head. Then another man who has

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been selected for this special task, will drive the goat
into the wilderness. When the man releases the goat into
the desert, it will carry all the offenses of God's
people away into the desolate wastelands. Afterward, Aaron will enter
the congregation tent, remove all of the linen clothing he
put on when he entered, and leave them there. He
will wash himself with water in the sacred space, dress

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himself in his normal priests clothes, and present his own
burnt offering and the burnt offering for the community to
atone for himself and the community. Then, on the altar,
he must offer up the fat of the purification offering
as a smoke. As for the man who let the
scapegoat go free, he must wash his clothes and bathe
in water, and then he may re enter the community.

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The remains of the bull and goat whose blood was
used to purify the sacred space, will be carried outside
the camp. Their skins, meat and dung must be burned
up completely in a fire. Whoever does the burning must
wash his clothes and bathe in water, and then he
may re enter the community. This directive stands for all time.
On the tenth day of the seventh month, all of

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you must humble yourselves and do no work. All native
born children of Israel, as well as outsiders living among you.
This must be a day when the High Priest comes
before me to cover your sins and cleanse you from
all your impurities. This day will be a sabbath of
sacred rest for you, and you are to humble yourselves.
This directive stands for all time. The priest, who is

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anointed and ordained as high Priest, succeeding his father Aaron,
is to make atonement and thereby cover the sins of
the people. He will clothe himself in the sacred linen
garments and cover the impurities of the sanctuary, the congregation tent,
and the altar. He will cover the priests and the
entire community. This directive stand for all time, atone for

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the sins of my people Israel. Once every year Moses
did exactly what the eternal commanded him.