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Placed Before the Holy: Future Imperatives and Sacred Space in Leviticus 16:7 LXX

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Biblical Greek
Καὶ λήμψεται τοὺς δύο χιμάρους καὶ στήσει αὐτοὺς ἔναντι Κυρίου παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου (Leviticus 16:7)

And he will take the two goats and he will set them before the LORD beside the door of the tent of the testimony.

A Quick Orientation

This verse stands at the heart of the Day of Atonement ritual: the priest “takes” and “sets” the two goats in a precise location. The grammar does more than narrate; it legislates. The future indicative forms function like commands, while the prepositional phrases choreograph sacred space with exactness.

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