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Leviticus 16:2
“and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 16
Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
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