Leviticus 16:2
Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother and tell him not to come at just any time into the most holy place inside the curtain, before the atonement lid that is on the ark. If he does, he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.This verse in the real world
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- פֹּרֶכֶתpôreketha separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
- כַּפֹּרֶתkappôretha lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)
- עָנָןʻânâna cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
- אָרוֹןʼârôwna box
- עֵתʻêthtime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- אַהֲרוֹןʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of Moses
- קֹדֶשׁqôdesha sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 30:10, 1Ki 8:10–12, Heb 10:19–20, Heb 9:25, Heb 9:7–8, Exo 40:34–35, 1Ki 8:6, 2Ch 5:14