² tn Or “make atonement for.”

² tn Heb “make atonement for.”

¹ tn Heb “Atone for.”

¹ tn Or “ritually cleansed,” or “atoned for” (NIV).

¹ tn Heb “And he shall make atonement.”

¹ tn Or “be atoned for” (NIV); cf. NRSV “be expiated.”

² tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all that you have done.”

² tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”

² tn Heb “to make atonement on it to send it away to Azazel toward the wilderness.”

¹ sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

² sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

² sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

⁴ tn Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”

² tn Heb “Certainly this sin will not be atoned for until you die.” This does not imply that their death will bring atonement; rather it emphasizes that their sin is unpardonable. The statement has the form of an oath.

⁴ tn The infinitive could be taken in a couple of ways here. It could be an epexegetical infinitive: “making atonement.” Or it could be the infinitive expressing result: “so that atonement will be made for your lives.”

² sn Seven is a number with religious significance; it is often required in sacrificial ritual for atonement or for purification.

¹ tn Heb “to atone” (also later in this verse); see the note on “purifying the holy place” in 16:20.

¹ sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).

³ sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).

² sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).