Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Leviticus 16:8
For the Lord — For the Lord's use by way of sacrifice. Both this and the other goat typified Christ; this in his death and passion for us; that in his resurrection for our deliverance.
For the Lord — For the Lord's use by way of sacrifice. Both this and the other goat typified Christ; this in his death and passion for us; that in his resurrection for our deliverance.
Verse Leviticus 16:8. _AARON SHALL CAST LOTS UPON THE TWO GOATS_] The Jews inform us that there were two _lots_ made either of _wood, stone_, or any kind of _metal_. On one was written לשם LASHSHEM,...
The two goats formed a single sin-offering, Leviticus 16:5. To bring out the meaning of the sacrifice it was necessary that the act of a living being should be performed after death. See Leviticus 16:...
IV. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT: IN THE HOLIEST 1. The Day of Atonement CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The command how Aaron was to enter (Leviticus 16:1)_ 2. The presentation of the offerings (Leviticus 16:6) 3. The...
LEVITICUS 16. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (see p. 104). The introduction (Leviticus 16:1) shows, by its reference to Leviticus 10:1, that Leviticus 16 originally followed Leviticus 10:7; _i.e._ after the law...
ATONEMENT RITE FOR HIGH PRIEST AND HIS FAMILY. The holy place within the veil, _i.e._ the inner of the two compartments of the shrine, is not to be entered at will, but only on New Year's Day (Levitic...
FOR THE SCAPEGOAT. Hebrew for _'Azazel_. This "for" looks like. personality answering to "for Jehovah". If it be the Evil one who is meant, then it is for his defiance. For in Leviticus 16:10 atonemen...
_for Azazel for the scapegoat_, A.V. For this peculiar feature of the Day of Atonement see Appendix V, pp. 185 ff....
HE SHALL TAKE THE TWO GOATS— The two goats made but one offering, and are so spoken of in the 5th verse, _two kids of the goats for a sin-offering;_ in token of which, they were both to be presented b...
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT 16:1-34 1. AARON'S PREPARATION 16:1-10 TEXT 16:1-10 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died: 2 a...
_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._ Shall take of the congregation ... two kids of the goats...
16:8 cast (a-4) Lit. 'give.' Azazel. (b-19) Signifying 'the goat that went away.'...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND AARON SHALL CAST LOTS. — The lots consisted of two small tablets which at an earlier time were of box or ebony wood, but which during the later part of the second Temple were made of gold, and wer...
וְ נָתַ֧ן אַהֲרֹ֛ן עַל ־שְׁנֵ֥י הַ שְּׂעִירִ֖
THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT Leviticus 16:1 IN the first verse of chapter 16, which ordains the ceremonial for the great annual day of atonement, we are told that this ordinance was delivered by the Lo...
THE OFFERINGS FOR ATONEMENT DAY Leviticus 16:1 This chapter contains the ritual of the great Day of Atonement, when the high priest entered within the veil, and in virtue of the blood sprinkled upon...
The great Day of Atonement was perhaps the most important of the whole year in the Hebrew economy. On that day provision was made for dealing with the whole question of sin as known and unknown. When...
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the (b) scapegoat. (b) In Hebrew it is called Azazel, which some say is a mountain near Sinai, where this goa...
_The emissary-goat: caper emissarius; in Greek, apopompaios; in Hebrew, Hazazel. The goat to go off, or as some translate it, the scape-goat. This goat, on whose head the high priest was ordered to po...
Reader! while attending to every minute circumstance in this grand affair, do not overlook, nor forget, what is said of JESUS, that he was verily fore-ordained to all these services, before the founda...
Proverbs 16:33...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
Having made provision for such defilements of the people as allowed of it, we have the revelation, first, of the general provision for the purification of the sanctuary which was in the midst of a peo...
AND AARON SHALL CAST LOTS UPON THE TWO GOATS,.... Which should be slain, and which should be kept alive, and let go: the manner of casting lots, according to the Misnah a, was this; the high priest we...
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...
_One lot for the Lord_ To be sacrificed to him upon his altar. Both this and the other goat typified Christ; this in his death and passion for us, that in his resurrection for our deliverance. _The ot...
1 How the hie Priest must enter into the Holy place. 11 The sinne-offering for himselfe. 15 The sinne-offering for the people. 20 The Scape Goat. 29 The yeerely Feast of the Expiations. 1 AND the...
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, the lots being drawn from an urn by some attendant; ONE LOT FOR THE LORD AND THE OTHER LOT FOR THE SCAPEGOAT, or _ Azazel_, as the Hebrew has it, for the...
Aaron's Sacrifices for Himself...
THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT (VV. 1-34) This is a chapter of central importance in the book of Leviticus. It forms a basis for, and is explained in, the epistle to the Hebrews. Aaron's two sons had died...
SCAPEGOAT: _ Heb._ Azazel...
1-14 Without entering into particulars of the sacrifices on the great day of atonement, we may notice that it was to be a statute for ever, till that dispensation be at an end. As long as we are cont...
ONE LOT FOR THE LORD; for the Lord's use and service by way of sacrifice. Both this and the other goat typified Christ; this in his death and passion for us; that in his resurrection for our deliveran...
This chapter unfolds some of the weightiest principles of truth which can possibly engage the renewed mind. It presents the doctrine of atonement with uncommon fullness and power. In short, we must ra...
Leviticus 16:8 Aaron H175 cast H5414 (H8804) lots H1486 two H8147 goats H8163 one H259 lot H1486
“And Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for ‘azazel.” Then he casts lots for them, selecting between the two, for one is to be for Yahweh, and one is to be f...
Leviticus 16:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; and the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that h...
CONTENTS: Day of atonement laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: «Without the shedding of blood there is no remission for sin.» KEY WORD: Atonement, Leviticus 16:6. STRONG VERSES: Leviti...
Leviticus 16:3. _A young bullock and a ram._ It appears from Numbers 28:29, that seven lambs and a he-goat were added to the sacrifice, and perhaps a thousand victims from individuals. Leviticus 16:4....
_Make an atonement._ THE ANNUAL ATONEMENT Before Adam transgressed he lived in communion with God, but after he had broken the covenant he could have no more familiar fellowship with God. Under the M...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 16:1 The Day of Atonement Ritual. This annual observance highlights God’s grace. Here God offers forgiveness and renewal for Israel’s worship site, priests, and people. All...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 16:3 One of the goats offered for the people’s sin purifies the tent of meeting, while the other is to be sent away alive into the wilderness. AZAZEL (vv....
The Great Day of Atonement SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 16:2.—Come not at all times into the holy place within the veil. It was but natural that the solemn judgment which befel Nadab and Abihu “when...
PART III. SECTION II. EXPOSITION THE CEREMONIAL PURIFICATION OF THE WHOLE CONGREGATION ON THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT. This chapter, containing the account of the institutio
Now in chapter sixteen, we deal with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The high priest wasn't to go into the Holy of Holies at any time. The Lord began to speak to Moses and this was given after the d...
1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 14:42; Acts 1:23; Ezekiel 48:29; Jonah 1:7;...
Why did God set up the procedure of the scapegoat, and what does it represent? PROBLEM: Leviticus 16 sets up the procedure for the Day of Atonement of killing one goat as a sin offering to make atonem...