Leviticus 16:16-17

for(in) the holy place by -the holy place," here distinguished from the -tent of meeting" as in Leviticus 16:20; Leviticus 16:23, is meant the Holy of Holies, and so in Leviticus 16:2; Leviticus 16:27. The tent of meeting which was among an unclean people required periodical cleansing. The altar was cleansed when it was erected (Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 8:15) and also anointed (Leviticus 8:11), but it required cleansing.