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Leviticus 16:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12And 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:
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Role in This Section
This verse carries altar coals and finely beaten incense behind the veil.
Read It With
- Leviticus 16:11-19
Track the movement across 16:11-19. When Leviticus 16:12 carries altar coals and finely beaten incense behind the veil, it contributes to this complete claim: Aaron offers for his household, enters with incense, sprinkles blood from bull and goat, and purifies holy space from Israel's impurities and transgressions.
Why It Needs Context
This verse carries altar coals and finely beaten incense behind the veil. Its force depends on Leviticus 16:11-19, where the complete ritual, legal, narrative, or calendar movement supplies the teachable claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 16:11-19 — Blood and incense purify the inner sanctuary, tent, and altarSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 16:11-19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 16:11-19
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