And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; Ver. 1. _After the death._] That others might be warned. _Lege historiam, ne fias historia,_ saith one. _ When they offered before the Lord._] A little strange fire might seem a sma... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Ver. 2. _that he come not at all times._] Whensoever h... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy [place]: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. Ver. 3. _For a sin offering,_] viz., For himself and his family. Lev 6:1-30 Lev 11:1-47 _See Trapp on "_ Lev 14:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these [are] holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and [so] put them on. Ver. 4. _Therefore shall he w... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. Ver. 5. _Two kids of the goats._] Both of them types of Christ: who though he died not for wicked goats, yet he seemed rejected of God, and was reckoned among... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. Ver. 6. _And for his house._] Whereof a minister must be mainly careful, 1Ti 3:4 lest, as Augustus doing justice on others, he be hit in the teeth with his own disord... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 7. _The two goats._] See on Leviticus 16:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. Ver. 8. _Shall cast lots._] To show that nothing was done for us by Christ but what God's hand and his counsel determined. Acts 4:28 1Pe 1:20 _See Trapp on "_ Act 4:28 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 1Pe 1... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering. Ver. 9. _The goat._] A type of Christ's mortal humanity, say some, as the scape goat of his immortal deity: or the one of his death, the other of his resurrection. Others are of the opinion that hereb... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which [is] for himself: Ver. 11. _An atonement for himself._] That having first made his own peace, he may be in... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail: Ver. 12. _And bring it within the vail._] So to prepare the way into the holy place. This incense small beaten might prefigu... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that [is] upon the testimony, that he die not: Ver. 13. _May cover the mercy seat._] And so be as a screen betwixt the priest and those everlasting burnings: or as a cloud to darken th... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Ver. 14. _Upon the mercy seat eastward._] This and the following verses signify, saith one, that even... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place], because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. Ver. 16. _In the... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy [place], until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. Ver. 17. _And there shall be no man._] Christ will hav... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall go out unto the altar that [is] before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar round about. Ver. 18. _And he shall go out unto the altar._] This signified, saith one, that... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. Ver. 19. _From the uncleanness,_] _i.e., _ The defects and imperfections of their holiest performances.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy [place], and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: Ver. 20. _Reconciling the holy place._] Defiled in some sort by the sins of the people, in whose behalf the priests there performed their service.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: Ver.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. Ver. 22. _Shall let go the goat._] The Hebrews say, that he was to throw it down the rock, and so it died. The Grecians had a like custom _a_ in their solemn expiations o... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy [place], and shall leave them there: Ver. 23. _Shall leave them there._] As afterwards the priests did, in some of the holy chambers about the sanctuary. Ez... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. Ver. 24. _He shall wash his flesh._] See what this taught them and us. Heb 10... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. Ver. 25. _Upon the altar._] The brazen altar in the outer court.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. Ver. 26. _Shall wash his clothes._] To show, (1.) That it was for our sins that Christ suffered; (2.) That all that partake of his benefits must wash their hearts fr... [ Continue Reading ]
And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy [place], shall [one] carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. Ver. 27. _Without the camp._] See He... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. Ver. 28. _He that burneth._] Whoever he be whom the priests shall appoint to do it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: Ver. 29. _Ye shall afflict your souls._] With voluntar... [ Continue Reading ]
For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, [that] ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. Ver. 30. _That ye may be clean from all your sins._] And so God may turn your fasting into feasting, as Zechariah 8:19. The joyful jubilee was begun and proclaime... [ Continue Reading ]
It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. Ver. 31. _It shall be a Sabbath of rest._] An exact and careful rest, such as is described in Isaiah 58:13, which place of the prophet some understand of this day of atonement, and yearly fast, spoken... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments: Ver. 32. _Whom he shall consecrate,_] _i.e., _ God: or the present high priest, the ch... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. Ver. 33. _For the holy sanctuary._] For all the sins of your h... [ Continue Reading ]
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. Ver. 34. _For all their sins once a year._] For whereas in their private sacrifices they durst not confess their capital sins fo... [ Continue Reading ]