Leviticus 16:4

² And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

³ This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

⁵ And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

⁶ Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.
KJV: He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
WEB: He shall put on the holy linen tunic. He shall have the linen trousers on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
ASV: He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
DARBY: A holy linen vest shall he put on, and linen trousers shall be upon his flesh, and he shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
BLB: And he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments he shall have on his flesh, and he shall gird himself with a linen sash, and he shall wrap himself with the linen turban; these [are] holy garments. And he shall bathe his flesh in the water, and he shall put them on.

ÅB: Han skal kle seg i en hellig underkjortel av lin og ha benklær av lin på sitt legeme og omgjorde seg med et belte av lin og binde en hue av lin på sitt hode; dette er de hellige klær, og han skal bade sitt legeme i vann før han klær seg i dem.
OTB: Han skal kle seg i en hellig linkjortel, ha benklær av lin nærmest kroppen, binde om seg med et belte av lin og ha en lue av lin på hodet. Dette er hellige klær, og han skal bade kroppen i vann før han tar dem på.
B1930: Han skal klæ sig i en hellig underkjortel av lin og ha benklær av lin på sitt legeme og omgjorde sig med et belte av lin og binde en hue av lin på sitt hode; dette er de hellige klær, og han skal bade sitt legeme i vann før han klær sig i dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 28:39–43
You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.
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Exodus 30:20
Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
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Ezekiel 44:17–18
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
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Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
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Leviticus 8:6–7
Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
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Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
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Exodus 39:27–29
For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,
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Luke 1:35
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
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