Leviticus 16:15

New International Reader's Version

“Then Aaron must kill the goat for the sin offering for the people. He must take its blood behind the curtain. There he must do the same thing with it as he did with the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the cover of the ark. He must also sprinkle some in front of it.

Cross References

Leviticus 16:2

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to your brother Aaron. Tell him not to come into the Most Holy Room just anytime he wants to. Tell him not to come behind the curtain in front of the cover of the ark. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. If he comes behind the curtain, he will die. That is because I appear in the cloud over the cover.

Leviticus 4:21

Then he must take the bull outside the camp. He must burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the whole community.

Leviticus 4:5

Then the anointed priest must take some of the bull’s blood. He must carry it into the tent of meeting.

Numbers 17:11

Moses did just as the Lord commanded him.

Numbers 28:15

One male goat must be sacrificed to the Lord as a sin offering. It is in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Hebrews 2:17

So he had to be made like people, fully human in every way. Then he could serve God as a kind and faithful high priest. And then he could pay for the sins of the people by dying for them.

Hebrews 5:3

That’s why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins. He must also do it for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 6:19

Our hope is certain. It is something for the soul to hold on to. It is strong and secure. It goes all the way into the Most Holy Room behind the curtain.

Hebrews 7:27

He isn’t like the other high priests. They need to offer sacrifices day after day. First they bring offerings for their own sins. Then they do it for the sins of the people. But Jesus gave one sacrifice for the sins of the people. He gave it once and for all time. He did it by offering himself.

Hebrews 9:12

He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.

Hebrews 9:13

The blood of goats and bulls is sprinkled on people. So are the ashes of a young cow. They are sprinkled on people the law called “unclean.” The people are sprinkled to make them holy. That makes them “clean” on the outside.

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Room.

Hebrews 9:7

But only the high priest went into the inner room. He went in only once a year. He never entered without taking blood with him. He offered the blood for himself. He also offered it for the sins the people had committed because they didn’t know any better.