The Meaning of Leviticus 16:5 Explained

Leviticus 16:5

KJV: And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

YLT: 'And from the company of the sons of Israel he taketh two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering;

Darby: And of the assembly of the children of Israel shall he take two bucks of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.

ASV: And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 16:5?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 16:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 16:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Leviticus 16:5?

What is the context of Leviticus 16:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

What does Leviticus 16:5 Mean?

Study Notes

goats
The two goats. The offering of the high priest for himself has no anti-type in Christ Hebrews 7:26 ; Hebrews 7:27 . The typical interest centres upon the two goats and the high priest. Typically

(1) all is done by the high priest Hebrews 1:3 "by Himself"), the people only bring the sacrifice; Matthew 26:47 ; Matthew 27:24 ; Matthew 27:25 .

(2) The goat slain (Jehovah's lot) is that aspect of Christ's work which vindicates the holiness and righteousness of God as expressed in the law Romans 3:24-26 and is expiatory.

(3) The living goat typifies that aspect of Christ's work which puts away our sins from before God Hebrews 9:26 ; Romans 8:33 ; Romans 8:34 .

(4) The high priest entering the holiest, typifies Christ entering "heaven itself" with "His own blood" for us Hebrews 9:11 ; Hebrews 9:12 . His blood makes that to be a "throne of grace," and "mercy seat" which else must have been a throne of judgment.

(5) For us, the priests of the New Covenant, there is what Israel never had, a rent veil Matthew 27:51 ; Hebrews 10:19 ; Hebrews 10:20 . So that, for worship and blessing, we enter, in virtue of His blood, where He is, into the holiest; Hebrews 4:14-16 ; Hebrews 10:19-22 . The atonement of Christ, as interpreted by the O.T. sacrificial types, has these necessary elements:

(1) It is substitutionary--the offering takes the offerer's place in death.

(2) The law is not evaded but honored--every sacrificial death was an execution of the sentence of the law.

(3) The sinlessness of Him who bore our sins is expressed in every animal sacrifice--it must be without blemish.

(4) The effect of the atoning work of Christ is typified

(a) in the promises, "it shall be forgiven him"; and (b) in the peace-offering, the expression of fellowship--the highest privilege of the saint.

atonement

Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment) is not a translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a translator's interpretation. According to Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered" the offerer's sin and secured the divine forgiveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at- one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. "It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins." Hebrews 10:4 . The Israelite's offering implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God "covered" (passed over," Romans 3:25 his sin, in anticipation of Christ's sacrifice, which did, finally, "put away" the sins "done aforetime in the forbearance of God."; Romans 3:25 ; Hebrews 9:15 . (See Scofield " Romans 3:25 ") . The word "atonement" does not occur in the N.T.; Romans 5:11 meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V.

See "Sacrifice," Genesis 4:4 , and refs. (See Scofield " Genesis 4:4 ")

(See Scofield " Leviticus 16:5 ")

Context Summary

Leviticus 16:1-14 - The Offerings For Atonement Day

This chapter contains the ritual of the great Day of Atonement, when the high priest entered within the veil, and in virtue of the blood sprinkled upon the mercy seat, and still more of the faith exercised therein, Israel was cleansed from every sin before the Lord, Leviticus 16:30. The death of his two sons acted as a solemn warning that Aaron should not deviate from the prescribed ceremonial in the smallest particular.

Every step is worthy of notice, each illustrates some feature in the sacrifice of Calvary, each is meant by the Holy Spirit of God to signify something. See Hebrews 9:8-9. The first goat was "for the Lord," representing the work of Christ in its Godward aspect. The second, like the second bird in Leviticus 14:6, signified its manward aspect. It is necessary that we should personally avail ourselves of its efficacy. Our faith must "lay its hand on that dear head of thine!" It was necessary that Aaron, as himself a sinner, must first offer for his own sins; and his offerings had to be repeated every year. See the triumphant contrast of Hebrews 9:24.

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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 16

¹ how the high priest must enter into the holy place
¹¹ The sin offering for himself
¹⁵ The sin offering for the people
²⁰ The scapegoat
²⁹ The yearly feast of the expiations

What do the individual words in Leviticus 16:5 mean?

And from the congregation of the sons of Israel he shall take two kids of the goats as a sin offering and ram one as a burnt offering

וּמֵאֵ֗ת עֲדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִקַּ֛ח שְׁנֵֽי־ שְׂעִירֵ֥י עִזִּ֖ים לְחַטָּ֑את וְאַ֥יִל אֶחָ֖ד לְעֹלָֽה

וּמֵאֵ֗ת	And from
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
עֲדַת֙	the congregation
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: עֵדָה Sense: congregation, gathering.
בְּנֵ֣י	of the sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יִקַּ֛ח	he shall take
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
שְׁנֵֽי־	two
Parse: Number, mdc Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
שְׂעִירֵ֥י	kids
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: שָׂעִיר Sense: hairy.
עִזִּ֖ים	of the goats
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: עֵז Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.
לְחַטָּ֑את	as a sin offering
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: חַטָּאָה Sense: sin, sinful.
וְאַ֥יִל	and ram
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: אַיִל Sense: ram.
אֶחָ֖ד	one
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אֶחָד Sense: one (number).
לְעֹלָֽה	as a burnt offering
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: עֹלָה Sense: whole burnt offering.

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