Leviticus 16:30 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

For on that day the priest will make atonement for you to cleanse you, so that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse explains that on the Day of Atonement, the priest performs a ceremony that cleanses people from all their sins before God.

📚 Historical Context

This verse refers to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which was the most solemn and important holy day in ancient Israel's religious calendar. On this annual day, the high priest would perform special sacrificial rituals in the Holy of Holies to atone for the sins of the entire nation of Israel. This was the only day of the year when anyone could enter the most sacred part of the tabernacle, and only the high priest was permitted to do so.

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Leviticus 14:18

The priest will pour whatever oil is left in his hand on the head of the person being cleansed. Then the priest will make atonement for that person before the LORD.

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The priest will take the remaining oil in his hand and pour it on the head of the person being cleansed, to make things right between that person and the LORD.

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Whatever he can afford - one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with the grain offering. The priest will make atonement for the person being cleansed in the LORD's presence.

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