Passage

Leviticus 16.7-10

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"5. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6. And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house."

"7. And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting. 8. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel. 9. And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering. 10. But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness."

"11. And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself: 12. and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:" (Leviticus 16:5-12, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"5. He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 6. “Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house."

"7. He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 8. Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9. Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin offering. 10. But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness."

"11. “Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. 12. He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:" (Leviticus 16:5-12, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"5. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 6. And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house."

"7. And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. ^{scapegoat: Heb. Azazel} 9. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. ^{fell: Heb. went up} 10. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness."

"11. And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: 12. And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:" (Leviticus 16:5-12, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"5. 'And from the company of the sons of Israel he taketh two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering; 6. and Aaron hath brought near the bullock of the sin-offering which is his own, and hath made atonement for himself, and for his house;"

"7. and he hath taken the two goats, and hath caused them to stand before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting. 8. 'And Aaron hath given lots over the two goats, one lot for Jehovah, and one lot for a goat of departure; 9. and Aaron hath brought near the goat on which the lot for Jehovah hath gone up, and hath made it a sin-offering. 10. 'And the goat on which the lot for a goat of departure hath gone up is caused to stand living before Jehovah to make atonement by it, to send it away for a goat of departure into the wilderness."

"11. 'And Aaron hath brought near the bullock of the sin-offering which is his own, and hath made atonement for himself, and for his house, and hath slaughtered the bullock of the sin-offering which [is] his own, 12. and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought [it] within the vail;" (Leviticus 16:5-12, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H3722 - kaphar

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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