Exodus 30:10

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Aaron	אַהֲרֹן֙ 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
atonement	וְכִפֶּ֤ר ve.khi.Per	H3722	to cover (specifically with bitumen) · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
horns	קַרְנֹתָ֔יו kar.no.Tav	H7161	a horn (as projecting) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
once	אַחַ֖ת 'a.Chat	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular construct
year	בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה ba.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
blood	מִדַּ֞ם mi.Dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
offering	חַטַּ֣את cha.Tat	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · noun, common feminine singular construct
atonements	הַכִּפֻּרִ֗ים ha.ki.pu.Rim	H3725	expiation (only in plural) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
once	אַחַ֤ת 'a.Chat	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular construct
year	בַּשָּׁנָה֙ ba.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
atonement	יְכַפֵּ֤ר ye.kha.Per	H3722	to cover (specifically with bitumen) · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
generations	לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם le.do.Ro.tei.Khem	H1755	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
most	קֹֽדֶשׁ ko.desh-	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct
holy	קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים ka.da.Shim	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine plural absolute
LORD	לַיהוָֽה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Leviticus 16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of…
Hebrews 9:22-23 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Exodus 29:36-37 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonemen…
Leviticus 16:5-6 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 16:29-30 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do…
Leviticus 23:27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflic…
Hebrews 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had b…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:1-10

I. The orders given concerning the altar of incense are, 1. That it was to be made of wood, and covered with gold, pure gold, about a yard high and half a yard square, with horns at the corners, a golden cornice round it, with rings and staves of gold, for the convenience of carrying it, Exo 30:1-5. It does not appear that there was any grate to this altar for the ashes to fall into, that they might be taken away; but, when they burnt incense, a golden censer was brought with coals in it, and placed upon the altar, and in that censer the incense was burnt, and with it all the coals were taken away, so that no coals nor ashes fell upon the altar. The measure of the altar of incense in Ezekiel…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:9

Ye shall offer no strange incense--that is, of a different composition from that of which the ingredients are described so minutely.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 30:10

An atonement - once in a year - On the tenth day of the seventh month. See Lev 16:18 (note), etc., and the notes there. See Clarke on Lev 16:21 (note), etc.

John Gill on Exodus 30:10

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year,.... On the day of atonement, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra explain it; and the atonement here referred to seems to be an atonement for the altar itself, see Leviticus 16:18 and as the altar of burnt offering was first expiated and then used, Exodus 29:36 so it seems the altar of incense had not only an atonement made on it, but for it: and this was done with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; by sprinkling the blood of that offering upon the horns of it, as we learn from the afore mentioned place; and this shows that Christ's mediation and intercession is founded upon the virtue of his b…

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The Church Fathers

Therefore, if I should consider how the true "high priest," my Lord Jesus Christ, having indeed been placed in the flesh, was with the people all year, that year about which he himself says, "He sent me to proclaim good news to the poor and to announce the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of forgiveness," I perceive how "once" in this "year" on the Day of Atonement he enters into "the Holy of Holies." That is, when with his dispensation fulfilled "he penetrates the heavens" and goes to the Father to make atonement for the human race and prays for all those who believe in him. Knowing this atonement by which he propitiates the Father for humans, the apostle John says, "I say this, little children, that we may not sin. But if we should sin, we have an advocate before the Father, Jesus Christ the just; and he himself is the propitiation for our sins." But Paul also in a similar way mentions this atonement when he says concerning Christ, "Whom God appointed as a propitiator by his blood through faith." Therefore the Day of Atonement remains for us until the sun sets; that is, until the world comes to an end.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 9:8-9

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Dictionary and topics

Altar — (Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places…
Spices — Aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6; 35:8; 1 Chr. 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke 23:56; 24:1; John…
Altar Of Incense · Atonement made for, by the high priest once every year — Atonement made for, by the high priest once every year
Atonement · .Time of — .Time of
Atonement, The Day Of · Atonement made on: For the holy place — Atonement made on: For the holy place
Blood · of the altar of burnt offering — of the altar of burnt offering

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 30:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 30:10

John Gill on Exodus 30:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 30:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 30:10

John Gill on Exodus 30:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 30:1-10

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 30:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 30:6

Rashi on Exodus 30:10