Passage Research
Leviticus 16 — Sermon Preparation
The Day of Atonement is prescribed: Aaron enters the Most Holy Place once a year, one goat is sacrificed and another sent into the wilderness bearing the people's sins. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 16, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 34
- verses
- 552 / 153
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 16 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּפַר | kâphar | H3722 | 16 | cover, expiate |
| שָׂעִיר | sâʻîyr | H8163 | 14 | shaggy, he-goat |
| חַטָּאָה | chaṭṭâʼâh | H2403 | 14 | offence, penalty |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 11 | sacred, sanctity |
| כַּפֹּרֶת | kappôreth | H3727 | 7 | lid, cover |
| פַּר | par | H6499 | 8 | bullock, breaking |
| אַהֲרוֹן | ʼAhărôwn | H175 | 9 | Aharon |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here are typified the two great gospel privileges, of the remission of sin, and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. See the expiation of guilt. Christ is both the Maker and the Matter of the atonement; for he is the Priest, the High Priest, that makes reconciliation for the sins of the people. And as Christ is the High Priest, so he is the Sacrifice with which atonement is made; for he is all in all in our reconciliation to God. Thus he was figured by the two goats. The slain goat was a type of Christ dying for our sins; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Leviticus 16:15–34 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Azazel— Lev 16:10
- Holy Place 1— Lev 16:16
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