butδὲintoεἰςthe secondτὴν δευτέρανgoesonlyμόνοςthe high priest,ὁ ἀρχιερεύςonceἅπαξa year,τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦnotοὐwithoutχωρὶςblood,αἵματοςwhichὃhe offersπροσφέρειforὑπὲρhimselfἑαυτοῦandκαὶfor the sins of ignoranceτῶν ἀγνοημάτωνof the people.τοῦ λαοῦ
Explicit type · Leviticus 16:34
Go to Leviticus 16:34Hebrews sums up the rite of Leviticus 16: the high priest alone, once a year, with blood. In 9:9 it calls all that worship “a symbol for the present time.”
The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:
ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεύς οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος “only the high priest, once a year, not without blood” (Hebrews 9:7)
- ἐνιαυτοῦeniautouG1763שָּׁנָהshanaH8141“year”
Day of Expiation (Yom Kippur)יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִיםyom hakkippurim
The tenth day of the seventh month: a day of rest and of “afflicting the soul,” on which the high priest went in behind the curtain with blood to make expiation for the sanctuary, the priests and the people (Leviticus 16; 23:27-32).
See it in the glossary