Leviticus 16:13
ContextNETBible | He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, 1 so that he will not die. 2 |
XREF | Ex 25:21; Ex 30:1,7,8; Nu 16:7,18,46; Heb 4:14-16; Heb 7:25; Heb 9:24; 1Jo 2:1,2; Re 8:3,4 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The text here has only “above the testimony,” but this is surely a shortened form of “above the ark of the testimony” (see Exod 25:22 etc.; cf. Lev 16:2). The term “testimony” in this expression refers to the ark as the container of the two stone tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them (see Exod 25:16 with Deut 10:1, 5, etc.). 2 tn Heb “and he will not die,” but it is clear that the purpose for the incense cloud was to protect the priest from death in the presence of the |