Leviticus 16:6
And when he hath offered the calf and prayed for himself, and for his own house,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque obtulerit vitulum, et oraverit pro se et pro domo sua,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ προσάξει Ἀαρὼν τὸν μόσχον τὸν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξιλάσεται περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהִקְרִ֧יב אַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת פַּ֥ר הַחַטָּ֖את אֲשֶׁר ל֑וֹ וְכִפֶּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וּבְעַ֥ד בֵּיתֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Calf, or young bull, which Aaron offered for himself and all the family of Levi, to expiate the sins which they might have committed during the year. If their sins were voluntary, they were obliged also to have perfect charity and contrition. The ram was offered for the sins of the people. Moses speaks of the red heifer, (Numbers xix.) which was also offered, out of the camp, for the people. This solemn day was to be kept by all as a rigid "fast from meat, drink, washing, anointing, wearing shoes, or using marriage." This is the idea which the Oriental nations generally have of a fast. They commence at midnight, and end with the following sun-set; after which they eat what they think proper. (Calmet)
On the day of expiation, the Jews made a tenfold confession of their sins. (Morinus, pœnit. ii. 22.)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book I
xiv. 1, 6, xvi. 6, xii. 7 . Offerings for the leper.