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Leviticus 16:34

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You must celebrate this day each year—it is the Great Day of Forgiveness for all the sins of the people of Israel. Moses did exactly as the LORD had commanded.

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in front of the curtain that separates the holy place from the most holy place, where the sacred chest is kept. Aaron and his sons are responsible for keeping the lamp burning every night in the sacred tent. The Israelites must always obey this command.

Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing on its four corners the blood of an animal sacrificed for sin, and this practice must always be followed. The altar is sacred because it is dedicated to me.

No one is to work on that day—it is the Great Day of Forgiveness, when sacrifices will be offered to me, so that I will forgive your sins.

When Moses finished speaking, the people did what the LORD had told Moses, and they stoned to death the man who had cursed the LORD.

So you and your descendants must never eat any fat or any blood, not even in the privacy of your own homes. This law will never change.

The tenth day of the seventh month is the Great Day of Forgiveness. On that day you must rest from all work and come together for worship. Show sorrow for your sins by going without food,

By his one sacrifice he has for ever set free from sin the people he brings to God.

But the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins. It only reminds people of their sins from one year to the next.

Christ did not have to offer himself many times. He wasn't like a high priest who goes into the most holy place each year to offer the blood of an animal.

However, only the high priest could go into the second part of the tent, and he went in only once a year. Each time he carried blood to offer for his sins and for any sins that the people had committed without meaning to.




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