Leviticus 16:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּזֹ֛את יָבֹ֥א אַהֲרֹ֖ן אֶל־הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ בְּפַ֧ר בֶּן־בָּקָ֛ר לְחַטָּ֖את וְאַ֥יִל לְעֹלָֽה׃

Transliteration

bə-zōʾt yābōʾ ʾahărōn ʾel-ha-qōdeš bə-par ben-bāqār lə-ḥaṭṭāʾt wə-ʾayil lə-ʿōlâ

Grammar Details

*bə-zōʾt*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - with this
*yābōʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall enter
*ʾahărōn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron
*ʾel*: preposition - to, into
*ha-qōdeš*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the holy place
*bə-par*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with a young bull
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*bāqār*: noun, masculine singular - herd, cattle
*lə-ḥaṭṭāʾt*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a sin offering
*wə-ʾayil*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and a ram
*lə-ʿōlâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a burnt offering

Word Meanings

*zōʾt*: this (feminine)
*yābōʾ*: enter, come, approach
*qōdeš*: holy place, sanctuary, sacred area
*par*: young bull, bull, bullock
*ben*-*bāqār*: son of the herd, young bull
*ḥaṭṭāʾt*: sin offering, purification offering
*ʾayil*: ram, male sheep
*ʿōlâ*: burnt offering, whole offering, ascension offering

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Referenced Verses

Lev 4:3 : 3 if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering.
Lev 1:10 : 10 And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish.
Lev 8:18 : 18 And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
Heb 9:7 : 7 but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Heb 9:24-25 : 24 For Christ entered {G1525} not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us: 25 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;
Heb 9:12 : 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
Lev 9:3 : 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offering;
Num 29:7-9 : 7 And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work; 8 but ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish; 9 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, 10 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs: 11 one he - goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.
Lev 1:3 : 3 If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah.
Lev 8:14 : 14 And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lev 9:2-3
2 verses
85%
2and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah.
3And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offering;
Lev 16:23-25
3 verses
83%
23And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
24and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
25And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.
Lev 16:4-6
3 verses
83%
4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
5And 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.
6And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.
Lev 16:11-12
2 verses
83%
11And 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:
12and 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:
Lev 16:2
82%
2and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
Lev 16:18
79%
18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
Lev 4:3-5
3 verses
79%
3if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering.
4And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah.
5And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting:
Lev 9:7-8
2 verses
79%
7And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them; as Jehovah commanded.
8So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
Lev 8:2
78%
2Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
Lev 8:14
78%
14And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.
Lev 1:4-5
2 verses
78%
4And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
5And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Lev 4:16
77%
16And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting:
Exod 29:3
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3And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
Lev 16:9
77%
9And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering.
Lev 6:25
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25Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before Jehovah: it is most holy.
Exod 30:10
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10And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Jehovah.
Exod 29:14-15
2 verses
77%
14But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering.
15Thou shalt also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.
Num 7:15
77%
15one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
Ezek 43:21
77%
21Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
Lev 16:15-16
2 verses
77%
15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:
16and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins: and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
Lev 3:5
77%
5And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
Ezek 43:25
77%
25Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Exod 29:1
77%
1And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,
Exod 29:10
77%
10And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.
Ezek 43:23
76%
23When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Exod 28:35
76%
35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Exod 40:13
76%
13And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Num 7:33
76%
33one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
Num 6:16
76%
16And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering:
Num 7:21
76%
21one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
1 Chr 6:49
76%
49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Lev 3:2
76%
2And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Lev 8:18
76%
18And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
Lev 3:13
76%
13and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
Lev 4:20-21
2 verses
76%
20Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
21And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is the sin-offering for the assembly.
Num 8:8
76%
8Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
Num 4:19
76%
19but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;