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What does Leviticus 16:1 mean?

"Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;"

— Leviticus 16:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;

2

and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

3

“Aaron shall come into the sanctuary with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

4

He shall put on the holy linen coat. He shall have the linen breeches 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.

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