16:3 “In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary – with a young bull 1 for a sin offering 2 and a ram for a burnt offering. 3 16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, 4 linen leggings are to cover his body, 5 and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash 6 and wrap his head with a linen turban. 7 They are holy garments, so he must bathe 8 his body in water and put them on. 16:5 He must also take 9 two male goats 10 from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
1 tn Heb “with a bull, a son of the herd.”
2 sn See the note on Lev 4:3 regarding the term “sin offering.”
3 sn For the “burnt offering” see the note on Lev 1:3.
4 sn The term “tunic” refers to a shirt-like garment worn next to the skin and, therefore, put on first (cf. Exod 28:4, 39-40; 29:5, 8; 39:27). It covered the upper body only. For detailed remarks on the terminology for the priestly clothing in this verse (except the “linen leggings”) see the notes on Lev 8:7-9 and the literature cited there.
5 tn Heb “shall be on his flesh.” As in many instances in Lev 15, the term “flesh” or “body” here is euphemistic for the male genitals (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:1017, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 222; cf. the note on Lev 15:2), which the priest must be careful not to expose during such ritual procedures (see Exod 20:26 with 28:42-43).
6 sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist (Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29).
7 tn Heb “and in a turban of linen he shall wrap.”
8 tn Heb “and he shall bathe….”
9 tn Heb “And he shall take.”
10 tn Heb “he-goats of goats”; CEV “two goats, both of them males.”