The Meaning of Leviticus 16:30 Explained

Leviticus 16:30

KJV: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

YLT: for on this day he maketh atonement for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins before Jehovah ye are clean;

Darby: for on that day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you: from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah.

ASV: for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For on that day  shall [the priest] make an atonement  for you, to cleanse  you, [that] ye may be clean  from all your sins  before  the LORD. 

What does Leviticus 16:30 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 16:30 mean?

For on day this [the priest] shall make atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before Yahweh [that] you may be clean
כִּֽי־ בַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה יְכַפֵּ֥ר עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם לְטַהֵ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם מִכֹּל֙ חַטֹּ֣אתֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תִּטְהָֽרוּ

בַיּ֥וֹם  on  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַזֶּ֛ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
יְכַפֵּ֥ר  [the  priest]  shall  make  atonement 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לְטַהֵ֣ר  to  cleanse 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
מִכֹּל֙  from  all 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חַטֹּ֣אתֵיכֶ֔ם  your  sins 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
תִּטְהָֽרוּ  [that]  you  may  be  clean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.