2 The Lord said to Moses, "Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place 16:2 Heb 6:19 behind the curtain 16:2 Mk 15:38 in front of the mercy seat 16:2 Ex 31:7 on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud 16:2 Ex 16:10 above the mercy seat. 16:2 Nm 7:89; 16:42; 1Kg 8:10–12; Heb 9:5
12 Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, 16:12 Nm 7:14 and bring them inside the curtain. 16:12 Mk 15:3813 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud 16:13 Ex 16:10 of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony, 16:13 Ex 31:18 or else he will die. 16:13 Lv 10:1; Nm 16:46–48; Ps 141:2; Rv 8:3–5
34 This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once a year 16:34 Heb 9:7 because of all their sins." And all this was done as the Lord commanded Moses.