What Does Leviticus 16:17 Mean?

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“And there shall be no man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“in the tabernacle”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

“of the congregation”

properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for

“when he goeth”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“and have made an atonement”

to cover (specifically with bitumen)

“in the holy”

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“place until he come out”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

“and have made an atonement”

to cover (specifically with bitumen)

in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc

in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc

“for himself and for his household”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and for all the congregation”

assemblage (usually concretely)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity