Leviticus 16 - Introduction
_THE SOLEMN YEARLY EXPIATION FOR THE HIGH-PRIEST; AND FOR THE PEOPLE._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SOLEMN YEARLY EXPIATION FOR THE HIGH-PRIEST; AND FOR THE PEOPLE._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, AFTER THE DEATH OF THE TWO SONS OF AARON— The death of the sons of Aaron giving occasion for the declaration of the before-mentioned laws; (see ch. Leviticus 10:10 and ch. 11:) they are here inserted, and are to be read as in a parenthesis; and the present chapter is t... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK UNTO AARON THY BROTHER, THAT HE COME NOT— We have in this chapter an account of one of the most solemn and important ceremonies of the law; to the spiritual intent of which, we are immediately directed by the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews. Spencer observes, that God wisely made the ritu... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SHALL AARON COME,—WITH A YOUNG BULLOCK, &C.— Two solemn sacrifices were to be offered by the high-priest for himself and his family, (Leviticus 16:6.—in which family, some have thought, are included not only the priests, but the Levites also) preparatory to his entrance into the holy of holies:... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL PUT ON THE HOLY LINEN COAT— This being a day of humiliation, Leviticus 16:29 the high-priest was not to be clothed, as usual, in his peculiar garments, but in those of the common priests: and, probably, these linen garments were designed to suggest not the humiliation only, but the purity w... [ Continue Reading ]
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 before the Lord; when lots were to be cast upon them, Leviticus 16:8 which was done in the following... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SCAPE-GOAT— The opinions respecting this scape-goat, and the meaning of the original word, have been as various as absurd. The true and mystical meaning of the ceremony has been pointed out in the observation from Spencer on the 2nd verse. The sacrifice was evidently of the same kind with that o... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL PUT THE INCENSE, &C.— The bullock being slain, the high-priest was to take some of the blood of it into the holy of holies, bearing in his hand a censer with incense burning upon it, to prevent him from seeing the mercy-seat, lest the Divine Presence should be too bright for him, and occasi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL TAKE OF THE BLOOD, &C.— Houbigant renders this verse, _Then, taking part of the blood of the bullock, he shall sprinkle it seven times towards the east, over-against the vail: in like manner he shall sprinkle it seven times with his finger before the mercy-seat. Note;_ Jesus, our better... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL HE KILL THE GOAT OF THE SIN-OFFERING— Having performed the ceremonies requisite for his own expiation and that of his family, he was to proceed, in the same manner, to make expiation for the sins of the whole people, whose transgressions in the foregoing year rendered their place of worsh... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AARON SHALL LAY BOTH HIS HANDS— See Exodus 29:10 and, for the spiritual meaning of this ceremony, see Leviticus 16:10 of this chapter, and the reflections at the conclusion of it. Most other nations had their piacular sacrifices, to which they first transferred the sins of the public, imprecatin... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOAT SHALL BEAR UPON HIM ALL THEIR INIQUITIES— See Isaiah 53. 1 Peter 2:24. Many learned writers, and among the rest Dr. Jackson on the Creed, maintain, that our blessed Saviour entered on this great day of atonement on his office of Mediator: for on this day, they assert, he was baptized: and a... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL WASH HIS FLESH WITH WATER IN THE HOLY PLACE— Not only the high-priest, but the person who bore the goat into the wilderness (Leviticus 16:26.) was to wash, after touching an animal which they judged so polluted; and which, as being a substitute for a sinful people, none could touch without... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER UNTO YOU, &C.— _For ever, i.e._ while your state and polity shall last: _In the seventh month, i.e._ of the sacred year, answering to our September: On _the tenth day of the month,_ or, as it is said in ch. Leviticus 23:32 _the ninth day at even,_ because the Jewish... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST WHOM HE SHALL ANOINT, &C.— _The priest who shall be anointed, and who shall be consecrated._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOR ALL THEIR SINS— The rabbis observe, that all these rites of expiation, however solemnly performed, were nothing in the sight of God without repentance and sincere resolutions of new obedience: so neither, under the Christian dispensation, can any m... [ Continue Reading ]