Leviticus 16:33 New English Translation
33 and he is to purify[a] the Most Holy Place,[b] he is to purify the Meeting Tent and the altar,[c] and he is to make atonement for[d] the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
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- Leviticus 16:33 tn Heb “to atone” (also later in this verse); see the note on “purifying the holy place” in 16:20.
- Leviticus 16:33 tn Heb “the sanctuary of the holy place.” Although this is the only place this expression occurs in the OT, it clearly refers to the innermost shrine behind the veil-canopy, where the ark of the covenant was located.
- Leviticus 16:33 tn Heb “and the tent of meeting and the altar he shall atone.” The repetition of the verb כִּפֶּר (kipper, “to atone”) at the beginning and end of the sequence appears to be strange, but the MT accents suggest that only “the Most Holy Place” goes with the verb at the beginning of the verse. Of course, the purging of “the Most Holy Place” has been the main emphasis of this chapter from the start (see vv. 2-3 and 11-17).
- Leviticus 16:33 tn At this point in the verse the verb כִּפֶּר (kipper, “to make atonement”) takes its object with the preposition עַל (ʿal, “for”; literally, “upon”; contrast the first part of the verse and cf. the notes on Lev 1:4 and 16:20 above).
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