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Leviticus 16:1
Leviticus 16:1 is verse 1 of Leviticus chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;
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Leviticus 16:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 10:1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.