Hugh W. Nibley discusses the atonement and the ancient temple.
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- Book
- Hearsay
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- Reference
Hugh W. Nibley, "The Meaning of the Atonement," in Approaching Zion, ed. Don E. Norton, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 9 (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 1989), 560, 567–568
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- Deseret Book
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- Reading Public
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The kapporeth is usually assumed to be the lid of the Ark, yet it fits much better with the front, since one stands before it. The Septuagint, a much older text, tells us more: I will meet you at the "door of the tent of the testimony in the presence of the Lord, on which occasion I shall make myself known to you that I might converse with you" (Exodus 29:42).
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From all the meanings of kaphar and kippurim, we concluded that the literal meaning of kaphar and kippurim is a close and intimate embrace, which took place at the kapporeth or the front cover or flap of the tabernacle or tent. . . . To be redeemed is to be atoned. From this it should be clear what kind of oneness is meant by the Atonement.
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