Chapter 16 describes the Day of Atonement when an annual sacrifice is made for the cumulative sin of the people. Furthermore, the people of God are to be circumspect in their personal, moral, and social living, in contrast to the then-current practices of the heathen roundabout them (chapters 17-22).
Sura ya 16 inaeleza Siku ya Upatanisho wakati wa dhabihu la kila mwaka kwa ajili ya dhambi za watu zilizojumulishwa . Aidha, watu wa Mungu wanasitaili kujihadhari katika maisha yao binafsi, maadili, na kuishi kijamii, katika tofauti ya mazoea ya wakati huo ya makafiri yaliwazungusha (sura ya 17-22).