Leviticus 16:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָֽיְתָה־זֹּ֨את לָכֶ֜ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֗ם לְכַפֵּ֞ר עַל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִכָּל־חַטֹּאתָ֔ם אַחַ֖ת בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

Wə-hāyətāh-zōʾt to-you to-ḥuqqat ʿôlām to-kappēr on-bənê yiśrāʾēl from-all-ḥaṭṭōʾtām one in-ha-šānāh; wayyaʿaś as ṣiwwāh YHWH ʾet-mōšeh.

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyətāh-zōʾt*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular + feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - 'and this shall be'
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'to/for you'
*lə-ḥuqqat ʿôlām*: preposition + feminine singular construct noun + masculine singular noun - 'for a statute of eternity'
*lə-kappēr*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct - 'to make atonement'
*ʿal-bənê yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + masculine plural construct noun + proper noun - 'for the children of Israel'
*mi-kol-ḥaṭṭōʾtām*: preposition + noun construct + feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'from all their sins'
*ʾaḥat*: feminine singular numeral - 'one/once'
*ba-šānāh*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - 'in the year'
*wayyaʿaś*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular, sequential form - 'and he did'
*ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - 'as/according to what'
*ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he commanded'
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾet-mōšeh*: direct object marker + proper noun - 'Moses'

Word Meanings

*ḥuqqat ʿôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance/eternal decree
*kappēr*: make atonement/cover/cleanse/purge
*bənê yiśrāʾēl*: children of Israel/Israelites
*ḥaṭṭōʾtām*: their sins/transgressions/offenses
*ʾaḥat ba-šānāh*: once a year/once in the year/annually
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)

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Referenced Verses

Heb 9:7 : 7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Heb 9:25 : 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Exod 30:10 : 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
Heb 10:14 : 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Lev 23:31 : 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Num 29:7 : 7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
Heb 10:3 : 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lev 16:30-33
4 verses
83%
30For 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.
31It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
32And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
33And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
Lev 8:34
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34As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
Lev 16:13-20
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81%
13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
14And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that 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 an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an 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.
19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
20And 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:
Exod 30:10-11
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10And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 30:16
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16And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Lev 9:6-7
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6And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
7And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
Lev 4:20
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20And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
Lev 6:7-8
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7And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
8And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 5:13-14
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13And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
14And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 14:19-20
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19And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
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Num 28:30
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30And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
1 Chr 6:49
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49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Lev 16:3
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3Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
Lev 4:35
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35And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
Lev 1:4
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4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Num 28:22
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22And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
Lev 16:24
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24And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
Lev 8:15
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15And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
Lev 19:22
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22And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
Lev 16:5
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5And 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.
Heb 10:3
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3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Num 29:5
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5And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Exod 29:36
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36And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
Lev 4:26
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26And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Heb 9:7
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7But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Lev 16:11
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11And 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:
Num 29:11
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Num 29:34
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34And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Exod 12:14
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Lev 7:38
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38Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
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17Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
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26And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;