“And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat.
Parallel translations
- WEB “When he has finished atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
- KJV And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
- BSB When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.
- NASB “When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.
- NLT “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.
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Quick answer
Having finished atoning for the sanctuary and altar, Aaron brings the live goat forward. The second goat's role now begins.
Overview
With the cleansing of the Holy Place, tent, and altar complete, Aaron turns to the living goat. The sequence shows atonement first satisfying God's holiness, then publicly removing the people's sin. This ordering pictures the full work of Christ, who both propitiates God and bears away His people's guilt.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Lev 16:16He shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the middle of their uncleanness.
- Ezek 45:20So you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who errs, and for him who is simple: so you shall make atonement for the house.
- Lev 6:30No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.
- Lev 8:15He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
- Heb 7:25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- Rom 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
- Rom 4:25who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
- 2 Cor 5:19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
- Col 1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
- Rev 1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
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