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Leviticus 16 General Notes
Special concepts in this chapter
Holiness
Because Yahweh is holy, he can only be approached in a certain way. This could only happen on a specific day, by a specific person, and only after they offered the proper sacrifice to make themselves clean. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean)
Day of Atonement
This chapter gives rules for what the high priest had to do on the Day of Atonement. This was the most important day in Judaism. This is when he interceded for the sins of the people of Israel. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/highpriest and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/atonement and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)