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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Leviticus 16:13

and he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense arising from its burning in the censer may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that covers the tables of the testimony, that he die not. The cloud of incense protected the high priest, a sinful human being as he was, from the angry glance of the holy God.

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See also Leviticus 16:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    It is important, in reference to the meaning of the day of atonement, to observe the order of the rites as they are described in these verses. Leviticus 16:12 A CENSER - See Exodus 25:38 note. The a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT: IN THE HOLIEST 1. The Day of Atonement CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The command how Aaron was to enter (Leviticus 16:1)_ 2. The presentation of the offerings (Leviticus 16:6) 3. The...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ATONEMENT RITE FOR HIGH PRIEST AND HIS FAMILY. The holy place within the veil, _i.e._ the inner of the two compartments of the shrine, is not to be entered at will, but only on New Year's Day (Levitic...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 16. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (see p. 104). The introduction (Leviticus 16:1) shows, by its reference to Leviticus 10:1, that Leviticus 16 originally followed Leviticus 10:7; _i.e._ after the law...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the testimony_ - _çduth_, always with the definite article, except in the Psalms. This was something put into the ark, Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21; Exodus 40:20; cp. -which I shall give thee,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE SHALL PUT THE INCENSE, &C.— The bullock being slain, the high-priest was to take some of the blood of it into the holy of holies, bearing in his hand a censer with incense burning upon it, to preve...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 16:11-14 11 And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offerin...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AARON SHALL BRING THE BULLOCK OF THE SIN OFFERING, WHICH IS FOR HIMSELF, AND SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIMSELF, AND FOR HIS HOUSE, AND SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK OF THE SIN OFFERING WHICH IS FOR HI...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL PUT THE INCENSE. — The high priest now threw the incense upon the coals in the censer, in the Holy of Holies, and stayed there till the whole place was filled with a cloud of smoke, takin...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נָתַ֧ן אֶֽת ־הַ קְּטֹ֛רֶת עַל ־הָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT Leviticus 16:1 IN the first verse of chapter 16, which ordains the ceremonial for the great annual day of atonement, we are told that this ordinance was delivered by the Lo...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE OFFERINGS FOR ATONEMENT DAY Leviticus 16:1 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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The great Day of Atonement was perhaps the most important of the whole year in the Hebrew economy. On that day provision was made for dealing with the whole question of sin as known and unknown. When...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The cloud. --- The blood, &c. This is to teach us, that if we would go into the sanctuary of God, we must take with us the incense of prayer, and the blood, that is, the passion of Christ. Where also...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    John beautifully explains this in reference to the LORD JESUS. Revelation 8:3. Reader! pray for the enlightening grace of the HOLY GHOST, that you may, by faith, look within the vail, whither our fore...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Having made provision for such defilements of the people as allowed of it, we have the revelation, first, of the general provision for the purification of the sanctuary which was in the midst of a peo...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL PUT THE INCENSE UPON THE FIRE BEFORE THE LORD,.... Both the incense and burning coals of fire being carried within the vail, the incense was put upon the coals, and so it burned before th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that [is] upon the testimony, that he die not: Ver. 13. _May cover the mercy seat._]...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He shall put the incense upon the fire_ The high-priest, having begun the solemn service with slaying the bullock, as a sin-offering of deprecation and atonement for himself and the other priests, li...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 How the hie Priest must enter into the Holy place. 11 The sinne-offering for himselfe. 15 The sinne-offering for the people. 20 The Scape Goat. 29 The yeerely Feast of the Expiations. 1 AND the...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT (VV. 1-34) This is a chapter of central importance in the book of Leviticus. It forms a basis for, and is explained in, the epistle to the Hebrews. Aaron's two sons had died...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 cont...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UPON THE FIRE, which was in the censer, LEVITICUS 16:12. THAT HE DIE NOT for so gross an error committed in the highest acts of worship, and that by a high priest, whose knowledge and function was a g...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This chapter unfolds some of the weightiest principles of truth which can possibly engage the renewed mind. It presents the doctrine of atonement with uncommon fullness and power. In short, we must ra...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 16:13 put H5414 (H8804) incense H7004 fire H784 before H6440 LORD H3068 cloud H6051 incense H7004 cov

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is on the testimony, that he die not,” And there he must burn the incense on the c...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Leviticus 16:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; and the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that h...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Day of atonement laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: «Without the shedding of blood there is no remission for sin.» KEY WORD: Atonement, Leviticus 16:6. STRONG VERSES: Leviti...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 16:3. _A young bullock and a ram._ It appears from Numbers 28:29, that seven lambs and a he-goat were added to the sacrifice, and perhaps a thousand victims from individuals. Leviticus 16:4....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Make an atonement._ THE ANNUAL ATONEMENT Before Adam transgressed he lived in communion with God, but after he had broken the covenant he could have no more familiar fellowship with God. Under the M...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 16:1 The Day of Atonement Ritual. This annual observance highlights God’s grace. Here God offers forgiveness and renewal for Israel’s worship site, priests, and people. All...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 16:11 The atonement-day ritual begins with atonement for the priests (vv. Leviticus 16:11) and then for the people (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    The Great Day of Atonement SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 16:2.—Come not at all times into the holy place within the veil. It was but natural that the solemn judgment which befel Nadab and Abihu “when...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART III. SECTION II. EXPOSITION THE CEREMONIAL PURIFICATION OF THE WHOLE CONGREGATION ON THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT. This chapter, containing the account of the institutio

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter sixteen, we deal with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The high priest wasn't to go into the Holy of Holies at any time. The Lord began to speak to Moses and this was given after the d...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:2; Exodus 25:21; Exodus 30:1; Exodus 30:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Upon the fire — Which was in the censer, Leviticus 16:12....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why did God set up the procedure of the scapegoat, and what does it represent? PROBLEM: Leviticus 16 sets up the procedure for the Day of Atonement of killing one goat as a sin offering to make atonem...

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