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Leviticus 16

Leviticus 16:1

SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14. OFFERED. brought near. Hebrew. _karab_. App-43. Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "strange fire", as in Leviticus 10:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:2

ALL TIMES. any time: i.e. just at any time. HOLY PLACE. sanctuary or holy of holies. In this chapter "holy" is used for "holy of holies" without this adjunct. See verses: Leviticus 16:3; Leviticus 16:16; Leviticus 16:17, Lev 3:20, Lev 3:23, Lev 3:27. Compare note on Exodus 3:8. MERCY SEAT. Figure... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:8

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 atonement is made for this goat, and he is to go free. Where there is atonement there must be forgiveness. S... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:9

FELL. Hebrew "came up": i.e. out of the bag containing the Urim and Thummim. No other means of taking Jehovah _'_. lot, or judgment. (See note on Exodus 28:30.) OFFER. "make him [sin]". (2 Corinthians 5:21.)... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:10

TO BE THE SCAPEGOAT. Hebrew "to be for _'Azazel_ " (see Leviticus 16:8 and Leviticus 16:22). PRESENTED. made to stand. WITH HIM. Hebrew "for him". See verses: Leviticus 16:16; Leviticus 16:18. The scapegoat was not used to make atonement, but atonement was made _for_ it. Hence he was to be "let go... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:12

FIRE. Only fire from the brazen altar of burnt offering, where atonement had been made, could be used for kindling the incense on the golden altar in the holy place. See note on Leviticus 10:1. All other fire was "strange fire". See note on Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 10:7.... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:17

MAN. _'adam_. App-14. no human being. This effectually disposes of all priestly pretensions now, while the Antitype is "within the vail". See Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 9:24.... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:21

BOTH HIS HANDS. This for solemnity; and only here, on this occasion. LIVE GOAT. The two goats complete the one type of Christ. One could not, for He was "put to death as to the flesh", but made alive [again] as to the spirit", i.e. in resurrection (1 Peter 3:17; 1 Corinthians 15:45). He was " _made... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:22

SHALL BEAR. shall bear away, as Isaiah 53:4. LAND NOT INHABITED. Hebrew "a land cut off". LET GO. This is the point of the type. The live goat was sent away, not in judgment or atonement, but in peace and at liberty. "All" had already been atoned for in the death of the other goat (Leviticus 16:10)... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:29

AFFLICT. fast. See Isaiah 58:3; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 58:10. SOULS. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. DO NO WORK AT ALL. Hebrew "no manner of work". This legal expression occurs five times (App-10) in the Pentateuch, but is differently rendered. See Leviticus 23:3; Leviticus 23:28; Leviticus 23:31.Numbers 2... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 16:31

SABBATH OF REST. Hebrew "sabbath of sabbatizing". See note on Exodus 16:23. = "Most holy sabbath", Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ or _Enallage._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]

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