Leviticus 16 · Verse 5

Leviticus 16:5

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.
Leviticus 16:5, King James Version

Leviticus 16:5 in other translations

BSBAnd he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
WEBHe shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
ASVAnd 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.
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;
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd let him take from the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering and one male sheep for a burned offering.
WebsterAnd 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?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 16:5-10
5-10. shall take of the congregation ... two kids of the goats ... and one ram--The sacrifices were to be offered by the high priest, respectively for himself and the other priests, as well as for the people. The bullock (Le 16:3) and the goats were for sin offerings and the rams for burnt offerings. The goats, though used in different ways, constituted only one offering. They were both presented before the Lord, and the disposal of them determined by lot, which Jewish writers have thus described: The priest, placing one of the goats on his right hand and the other on his left, took his station by the altar, and cast into an urn two pieces of gold exactly similar, inscribed, the one with the words "for the Lord," and the other for "Azazel" (the scapegoat). After having well shaken them together, he put both his hands into the box and took up a lot in each: that in his right hand he put on the head of the goat which stood on his right, and that in his left he dropped on the other. In this manner the fate of each was decided.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 16:1-14

The sacrifices on it, The scape-goat. (15-34) Verses 1-14 Without entering into particulars of the sacrifices on the great day of atonement, we may notice that it was to be a statute for ever, till that dispensation be at an end. As long as we are continually sinning, we continually need the atonement. The law of afflicting our souls for sin, is a statue which will continue in force till we arrive where all tears…

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Leviticus 16:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמֵאֵ֗תu.me.'Etand from with <the>H854
עֲדַת֙'a.Dat[the] congregation ofH5712
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יִקַּ֛חyi.Kachhe will takeH3947
שְׁנֵֽי\־she.nei-twoH8147
שְׂעִירֵ֥יse.'i.Reimale goats ofH8163
עִזִּ֖ים'i.ZimgoatsH5795
לְחַטָּ֑אתle.cha.Tatto a sin offeringH2403
וְאַ֥יִלve.'A.yiland a ramH352
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
לְעֹלָֽה\׃le.'o.Lahto a burnt offeringH5930

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 16:5

  • 2 Chronicles 29:21

    And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

  • Numbers 29:11

    One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

  • Ezra 6:17

    And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

  • Leviticus 8:2

    Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

  • Ezekiel 45:22-23

    And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

  • Hebrews 10:5-14

    Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; …

  • Hebrews 7:27-28

    Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

  • Leviticus 4:13-21

    And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: …

  • Leviticus 9:8-16

    Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses. And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. …

  • Romans 8:3

    For 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:

  • Leviticus 8:14

    And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:14; 8:2,14; 9:8-16; Nu 29:11; 2Ch 29:21; Ezr 6:17; Eze 45:22,23
Ro 8:3; Heb 7:27,28; 10:5-14

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Context

  • Leviticus 16:4

    He 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.

  • Leviticus 16:5

    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.

  • Leviticus 16:6

    And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

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Leviticus 16:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y de la congregación de los hijos de Israel tomará dos machos de cabrío para expiación, y un carnero para holocausto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il prendra de l’assemblée des fils d’Israël deux boucs pour un sacrifice pour le péché, et un bélier pour un holocauste.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und von der Gemeinde der Kinder Israel soll er zwei Ziegenböcke nehmen zum Sündopfer und einen Widder zum Brandopfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Suscipietque ab universa multitudine filiorum Israël duos hircos pro peccato, et unum arietem in holocaustum.