Leviticus 16:33

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“and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.”

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BSBPD

“and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he hath made atonement <FI>for<Fi> the holy sanctuary; and <FI>for<Fi> the tent of meeting, even <FI>for<Fi> the altar he doth make atonement; yea, for the priests, and for all the people of the assembly he maketh atonement.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 16:33 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:25Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
  2. Leviticus 16:6Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
  3. Leviticus 16:11When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
  4. Leviticus 16:16So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.
  5. Leviticus 16:18Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.
  6. Leviticus 16:24He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.
  7. Leviticus 23:28On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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