CHAPTER XVI _The solemn yearly expiation for the high priest, who must not_ _come at all times into the holy place_, 1, 2. _He must take a bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a_ _burnt-offering, bathe himself, and be dressed in his sacerdotal_ _robes_, 3, 4. _He shall take two goats, one... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:2. _THAT HE COME NOT AT ALL TIMES INTO THE HOLY PLACE_] By the holy place we are to understand here what is ordinarily called the _Holy of Holies_, or _most holy place_; that place within the veil where the ark of the covenant, c., were laid up and where God manifested his presenc... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:3. _WITH A YOUNG BULLOCK FOR A SIN-OFFERING_] The _bullock_ was presented as a _sin-offering_ for _himself_, his _family_, the whole _priesthood_, and probably the _Levites_. The _ram_ was for a _burnt-offering_, to signify that he and his associates were _wholly consecrated_, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:4. _HE SHALL PUT ON THE HOLY LINEN COAT_] He was not to dress in his _pontifical_ garments, but in the simple sacerdotal vestments, or those of the Levites, because it was a day of _humiliation_; and as he was to offer sacrifices for his _own sins_, it was necessary that he should... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:7. _AND HE SHALL TAKE THE TWO GOATS_] It is allowed on all hands that this ceremony, taken in all its parts, pointed out the Lord Jesus _dying_ for our sins and _rising again_ for our justification; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. _Two goats_ are bro... [ Continue Reading ]
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, _for the_ NAME, i. e., יהוה JEHOVAH, which the Jews will neither write nor pronounce: on the other w... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:10. _TO BE THE SCAPE-GOAT_] עזאזל _azazel_, from עז _az_, a _goat_, and אזל _azal_, to _dismiss_; the _dismissed_ or _sent away_ goat, to distinguish it from the _goat_ that was to be offered in _sacrifice_. Most ancient nations had _vicarious_ sacrifices, to which they transferr... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:21. _AARON SHALL LAY BOTH HIS HANDS UPON THE HEAD, C._] What this imposition of hands meant _see in Clarke's notes on "_Exodus 29:10_"_, and _"_Leviticus 1:4_"_. _AND CONFESS OVER HIM ALL THE INIQUITIES - TRANSGRESSIONS - SINS_] The three terms used here, INIQUITIES, עונת _avono... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 16:26. _HE THAT LET GO THE GOAT - SHALL WASH, C._] Not only the person who led him away, but the priest who consecrated him, was reputed unclean, because the goat himself was unclean, being considered as bearing the sins of the whole congregation. On this account both the priest and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 29. _THE SEVENTH MONTH, ON THE TENTH_ DAY _OF THE MONTH_] The commandment of fasting, and sanctifying this _tenth_ day, is again repeated Leviticus 23:27-3; but in the last verse it is called the _ninth day at even_, because the Jewish day began with the evening. The sacrifices which the day... [ Continue Reading ]