KJV King James Version
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy [place], and shall leave them there:
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Leviticus 16:23
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy [place], and shall leave them there:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.
WEB World English Bible
“Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there.
ASV American Standard Version
And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Aaron hath come in unto the tent of meeting, and hath stripped off the linen garments which he had put on in his going in unto the sanctuary, and hath placed them there;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 16
20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy [place], and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy [place], and shall leave them there:
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
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וּבָ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeאַהֲרֹן֙H175 · a.ha.ronAaronאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֹ֣הֶלH168 · o.heltentמוֹעֵ֔דH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedוּפָשַׁט֙H6584 · pa.shatto stripאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בִּגְדֵ֣יH899 · be.gedtreacheryהַבָּ֔דH906 · badlinenאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichלָבַ֖שׁH3847 · la.vashto clotheבְּבֹא֣וֹH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessוְהִנִּיחָ֖םH5117 · nu.achto restשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Ezekiel 44:19And when they go forth into the utter court, [even] into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.Ezekiel 42:14When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy [place] into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they [are] holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to [those things] which [are] for the people.Leviticus 16:4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these [are] holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and [so] put them on.Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:Philippians 2:6-11Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:Hebrews 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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