KJV King James Version
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:
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Leviticus 16:32
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
WEB World English Bible
The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father’s place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
ASV American Standard Version
And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And the priest whom he doth anoint, and whose hand he doth consecrate to act as priest instead of his father, hath made atonement, and hath put on the linen garments, the holy garments;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 16
29 And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
30 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.
31 It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:
33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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וְכִפֶּ֨רH3722 · ki.pherto atoneהַכֹּהֵ֜ןH3548 · ko.henpriestאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיִמְשַׁ֣חH4886 · ma.shachto anointאֹת֗וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וַאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichיְמַלֵּא֙H4390 · ma.leto fillאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יָד֔וֹH3027 · yadhandלְכַהֵ֖ןH3547 · ka.hanto ministerתַּ֣חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underאָבִ֑יוH1 · avfatherוְלָבַ֛שׁH3847 · la.vashto clotheאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בִּגְדֵ֥יH899 · be.gedtreacheryהַבָּ֖דH906 · badlinenבִּגְדֵ֥יH899 · be.gedtreacheryהַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃H6944 · qo.deshholiness
Cross-references
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.Exodus 29:29-30And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.Leviticus 4:3If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.Numbers 20:26-28And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die there.Leviticus 4:5And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:Leviticus 4:16And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:Exodus 29:9And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
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