The Meaning of Leviticus 16:15 Explained

Leviticus 16:15

KJV: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

YLT: And he hath slaughtered the goat of the sin-offering which is the people's, and hath brought in its blood unto the inside of the vail, and hath done with its blood as he hath done with the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled it on the mercy-seat, and at the front of the mercy-seat,

Darby: And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin-offering, which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat;

ASV: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then shall he kill  the goat  of the sin offering,  that [is] for the people,  and bring  his blood  within  the vail,  and do  with that blood  as he did  with the blood  of the bullock,  and sprinkle  it upon the mercy seat,  and before  the mercy seat: 

What does Leviticus 16:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 16:15-34 - The Scapegoat
The loneliness of the high priest, Leviticus 16:17; the sprinkling of blood within the veil upon the mercy seat, Leviticus 16:16; the fragrant incense, emblematic of a well-pleasing offering, Leviticus 16:13; the confession of sin and its bearing-away into a solitary land, Leviticus 16:22; the linen garments of simplicity and humility, Leviticus 16:23; the destruction of the carcasses of the beasts "without the camp," Leviticus 16:27; the ultimate coming forth of the high priest to bless the people, bringing them the assurance of a finished and accepted work, Leviticus 16:24, compare Hebrews 9:28 all these points are carefully elaborated in the Epistle to the Hebrews.
The fate of the scapegoat was very moving! Laden with the sins of the people, it is led forth through the crowd of penitents, innocent yet execrated, dumb yet eloquent of the doom of the sin bearer, escaping death by the knife, to be forsaken even unto death! So Jesus died, with the cry of "Forsaken" on His lips. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 16

1  how the high priest must enter into the holy place
11  The sin offering for himself
15  The sin offering for the people
20  The scapegoat
29  The yearly feast of the expiations

What do the individual words in Leviticus 16:15 mean?

And he shall kill - the goat of the sin offering which [is] for the people and bring its blood inside the inner the veil and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat
וְשָׁחַ֞ט אֶת־ שְׂעִ֤יר הַֽחַטָּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָעָ֔ם וְהֵבִיא֙ דָּמ֔וֹ אֶל־ מִבֵּ֖ית לַפָּרֹ֑כֶת וְעָשָׂ֣ה אֶת־ דָּמ֗וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְדַ֣ם הַפָּ֔ר וְהִזָּ֥ה אֹת֛וֹ עַל־ הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת וְלִפְנֵ֥י הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת

וְשָׁחַ֞ט  And  he  shall  kill 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁחַט 
Sense: to kill, slaughter, beat.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׂעִ֤יר  the  goat 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שָׂעִיר 
Sense: hairy.
הַֽחַטָּאת֙  of  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  which  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לָעָ֔ם  for  the  people 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
וְהֵבִיא֙  and  bring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
דָּמ֔וֹ  its  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
אֶל־  inside 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִבֵּ֖ית  the  inner 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לַפָּרֹ֑כֶת  the  veil 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרֹכֶת  
Sense: curtain, veil.
וְעָשָׂ֣ה  and  do 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
דָּמ֗וֹ  that  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
עָשָׂה֙  he  did 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְדַ֣ם  with  the  blood 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
הַפָּ֔ר  of  the  bull 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּר  
Sense: .
וְהִזָּ֥ה  and  sprinkle 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָזָה 
Sense: to spurt, spatter, sprinkle.
הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת  the  mercy  seat 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כַּפֹּרֶת  
Sense: mercy-seat, place of atonement.
וְלִפְנֵ֥י  and  before 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת  the  mercy  seat 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כַּפֹּרֶת  
Sense: mercy-seat, place of atonement.