16:15 “He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, 4 and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate.
16:18 “Then 5 he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take 6 some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar.
1 tn In this context the word for “guilt” (אָשָׁם, ’asham) refers to the “penalty” for incurring guilt, the so-called consequential אָשָׁם (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:303; cf. the note on Lev 5:1).
2 sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).
3 tn See the note on 4:26 regarding the use of מִן (min).
4 tn Heb “and he shall bring its blood into from house to the veil-canopy.”
5 tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) indicates the sequence of events here.
6 tn Heb “And he shall take.”
7 tn Heb “he shall bring into from outside to the camp.”
8 tn Heb “they shall burn with fire”; KJV “burn in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”