Leviticus 16:15

Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Aaron acts during the annual atonement ritual, slaughtering the designated goat and entering the inner sanctuary to process its blood after completing the bull sacrifice.

The words — שָחַט (sha·chat) translates literally as “he will cut the throat,” and חַטָּת (cha·tat) means “sin offering,” specifying the goat’s ritual function and the method of its death.

The thread — The text describes the identical blood-sprinkling procedure performed on the bull in Leviticus 16:14, and the New Testament references this pattern in Hebrews 9:7 and Hebrews 9:3 regarding the high priest’s restricted entry.

Why it lands — The text records the mandatory placement of sacrificial blood before the mercy seat to address Israel’s impurities, which the cited passages later interpret as a structural precedent for mediated atonement.

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The Hebrew words

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King James Version

Then 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:

Cross-references

Hebrews 9:7 But 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.
Hebrews 2:17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
Hebrews 5:3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
Leviticus 16:5 And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
Hebrews 9:25 Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.