Imamat 16:13
Konteks16:13 He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, 1 so that he will not die. 2
Imamat 20:23
Konteks20:23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation 3 which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
[16:13] 1 tn The text here has only “above the testimony,” but this is surely a shortened form of “above the ark of the testimony” (see Exod 25:22 etc.; cf. Lev 16:2). The term “testimony” in this expression refers to the ark as the container of the two stone tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them (see Exod 25:16 with Deut 10:1, 5, etc.).
[16:13] 2 tn Heb “and he will not die,” but it is clear that the purpose for the incense cloud was to protect the priest from death in the presence of the
[20:23] 3 tc One medieval Hebrew