Leviticus 16:6

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“Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.”

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BSBPD

“Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 16:6 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 8:14Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  2. Leviticus 9:7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
  3. Ezra 10:18Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:
  4. Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  5. Ezekiel 43:19You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
  6. Ezekiel 43:27At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  7. Hebrews 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
  8. Hebrews 7:27Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
  9. Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

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

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