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Leviticus 16:30
because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses the Israelites through Moses, establishing the ritual for the tenth day of the seventh month. This instruction occurs within the broader Day of Atonement ceremony as a permanent statute.
The words — The Hebrew verb יְכַפֵּר (yekhapper) translates literally to "he will make atonement," while לְטַהֵר (letaḥer) means "to purify" or "to cleanse." These terms directly frame the day’s function as both covering and cleaning the people before the LORD.
The thread — The concept of divine cleansing from sin recurs in Psalms 51:2, Jeremiah 33:8, and Ephesians 5:26. These passages echo the same movement from defilement to purity initiated by God’s action.
Why it lands — The text declares that God alone provides the cleansing that removes sin's defilement, requiring the reader to acknowledge that purity before the LORD depends on His atoning work, not human effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For 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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 51:2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- Ephesians 5:26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Psalms 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Hebrews 10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,