Leviticus 16:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:”

Leviticus 16:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Leviticus 16:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Leviticus 16:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.”

Leviticus 16:12 — World English Bible

Leviticus 16:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: ”

Leviticus 16:12 — American Standard Version

Leviticus 16:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought <FI>it<Fi> within the vail;”

Leviticus 16:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Leviticus 16:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil. ”

Leviticus 16:12 — Darby Translation

Leviticus 16:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And he shall take a censer full of burning coles from off the altar before the Lord, and his handfull of sweete incense beaten small, and bring it within the vayle,”

Leviticus 16:12 — Geneva Bible

Leviticus 16:12 in Context — Leviticus 16

10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

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What Does Leviticus 16:12 Mean?

Leviticus 16:12 is a verse from the Book of Leviticus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Leviticus chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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