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New King James Version

Leviticus 16:7

He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Church;   Offerings;   Scapegoat;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Atonement, the Day of;   Goat, the;   High Priest, the;   Scape-Goat, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Expiation;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Interpretation;   Type, typology;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Expiation;   Fasting;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Atonement, Day of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Day of Atonement;   Expiation, Propitiation;   Festivals;   High Priest;   Leviticus;   Reconcilation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement, Day of;   Azazel;   Church;   Clean and Unclean;   Fasting;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Mercy Seat;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Expiation;   Goat;   Veil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   High priest;   Offering;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Priesthood, the;   Worship, the;   On to Canaan;   Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement, Day of;   Divide;   Goat;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Hafá¹­arah;   Law, Reading from the;   Peshiá¹­ta;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He shall take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
King James Version
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Lexham English Bible
And he shall take the two goats, and he shall present them before Yahweh at the tent of assembly's entrance.
New Century Version
"Next Aaron will take the two goats and bring them before the Lord at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.
New English Translation
He must then take the two goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent,
Amplified Bible
"He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.
New American Standard Bible
"He shall then take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he shal take the two hee goates, and present them before the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he shall take the two goats and present them before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Contemporary English Version
Then you will lead the two goats into my presence at the front of the sacred tent,
Complete Jewish Bible
He is to take the two goats and place them before Adonai at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Darby Translation
And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah, before the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Then Aaron will take the two goats and bring them before the Lord at the doorway of the Meeting Tent.
English Standard Version
Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
George Lamsa Translation
And he shall take the two goats and present them alive before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Good News Translation
Then he shall take the two goats to the entrance of the Tent of the Lord 's presence.
Christian Standard Bible®
Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Literal Translation
And he shall take the two he-goats and shall cause them to stand before Jehovah, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and afterwarde shall he take the two goates, and present them before the LORDE, euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse,
American Standard Version
And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting.
Bible in Basic English
And he is to take the two goats and put them before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shall take the two hee goates, and present them before the Lorde at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he shall take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting.
King James Version (1611)
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall take the two goats, and place them before the Lord by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
English Revised Version
And he shall take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and for his hows, he schal make twei `buckis of geet to stonde bifor the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng;
Young's Literal Translation
and he hath taken the two goats, and hath caused them to stand before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting.
Update Bible Version
And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the tent of meeting.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
World English Bible
He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the tent of meeting.
New Living Translation
Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
New Life Bible
He will take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the door of the meeting tent.
New Revised Standard
He shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall he take the two goats, - and cause them to stand before Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall make the two buck goats to stand before the Lord in the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.
Revised Standard Version
Then he shall take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Contextual Overview

5 And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. 6 "Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. 7 He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 8 Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the LORD's lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness. 11 "And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself. 12 Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil. 13 And he shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, lest he die. 14 He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 4:4, Leviticus 12:6, Leviticus 12:7, Matthew 16:21, Romans 12:1

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Genesis 21:17
And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis 22:11
But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am."
Genesis 22:15
Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
Genesis 25:18
(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 31:11
Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, "Jacob.' And I said, "Here I am.'
Exodus 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall take the two goats,.... The sin offering for the people, a proper emblem of Christ, this creature being clean and fit for food, denoting the purity of Christ, and his being suitable and wholesome food, as his flesh is to the faith of his people; and because comely in its going, as Christ was in his going from everlasting, and in his coming, into this world, travelling in the greatness of his strength; and even by reason of its having something in it unsavoury and offensive, and which made it the fitter emblem of Christ, as a surety of his people; for though he had no sin inherent in him and natural to him, yet he appeared in the likeness of sinful flesh, and had sin imputed to him, which rendered him obnoxious to divine justice: the number of these goats was two, typical either of the two natures in Christ; his divine nature, in which he is impassable, and lives for ever, which may be signified by the goat presented alive and let go; and his human nature, in which he suffered and died, and may be fitly represented by the goat that was slain; or else of the two estates of Christ before and after his resurrection, his being put to death in the flesh and quickened in the Spirit; or rather this may signify the twofold consideration of Christ as Mediator, one with respect to his divine Father, to whom he made satisfaction by his death; and the other with respect to Satan, with whom he conflicted in life, and to whose power he was so far delivered up, as not only to be tempted, and harassed by him, but through his instigation to be brought to the dust of death; :-; and these two goats, according to the Jewish writers y, were to be alike in sight or colour, in stature and in value, and to be taken together: Christ, the antitype of them, is the same dying and rising; the same that died, rose again from the dead; the same that suffered, is glorified; and the same that went up to heaven, will come again in like manner:

and present them before the Lord, [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; at the east of the court, and the north of the altar, as the Misnah z; so that their faces were towards the west, where the holy of holies, the seat of the divine Majesty, was, and so said to be before the Lord, or over against where he dwelt: this presentation may have respect to the death of Christ, when he presented himself to God as an offering and a sacrifice; and which was done publicly in the sight of great multitudes, and on the behalf of the whole congregation of the Lord's people, and before him against whom sin is committed, and to whom satisfaction is given.

y Misn. Yoma, c. 6. sect. 1. z Ib. c. 3. sect. 8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 16:7. And he shall take the two goats — It is allowed on all hands that this ceremony, taken in all its parts, pointed out the Lord Jesus dying for our sins and rising again for our justification; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Two goats are brought, one to be slain as a sacrifice for sin, the other to have the transgressions of the people confessed over his head, and then to be sent away into the wilderness. The animal by this act was represented as bearing away or carrying off the sins of the people. The two goats made only one sacrifice, yet only one of them was slain. One animal could not point out both the Divine and human nature of Christ, nor show both his death and resurrection, for the goat that was killed could not be made alive. The Divine and human natures in Christ were essential to the grand expiation: yet the human nature alone suffered, for the Divine nature could not suffer; but its presence in the human nature, while agonizing unto death, stamped those agonies, and the consequent death, with infinite merit. The goat therefore that was slain prefigured his human nature and its death; the goat that escaped pointed out his resurrection. The one shows the atonement for sin, as the ground of justification; the other Christ's victory, and the total removal of sin in the sanctification of the soul. Concerning these ceremonies we shall see farther particulars as we proceed.

According to Maimonides fifteen beasts were offered on this day. "The daily, or morning and evening sacrifice, was offered as usual: besides a bullock, a ram, and seven lambs, all burnt-offerings; and a goat for a sin-offering, which was eaten in the evening. Then a bullock for a sin-offering, and this they burnt; and a ram for a burnt-offering: these both for the high priest. Then the ram for the consecration, (see Leviticus 16:5) which is called the people's ram. They brought also for the congregation two he-goats; the one for a sin-offering, the other for a scape-goat. Thus all the beasts offered on this great solemn day were FIFTEEN: the two daily sacrifices, one bullock, two rams, and seven lambs: all of these burnt-offerings. Two goats for sin-offerings; one offered without and eaten on the evening, the other offered within and burnt; and one bullock for a sin-offering for the high priest. The service of all these fifteen beasts is performed on this day by the high priest only." See Maimonides and Ainsworth on the place.


 
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