þ Mentioned in general wer. 6. The ceremonies whereof are here particularly deſcribed. This was a differing bullock or heifer from that Numb. 19. as appears by comparing the places. ;
12 And he $haltake a cenſer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar q before the LORD, and his hands ful! of ſweet incenſe r beaten ſmall, and bring i: within che vail s.
q Towit,of burnt-offering, where the fire was always burning, and whence fire was taken for ſuch uſes 2s theſe. r Of which ſee Exod. 30. 34, 35, 38. 5 (71.e. ) Into the Holy of holies, wer. 2. >
13 And he $hal put the incenſe upon the fire : be- fore the LORD, that the cloud of the incenſe may cos» ver the mercy-ſeat that js upon the teſtimony, that he die not s,
t Which wasin the cenſer, wer. 12. # For ſo groſs an errour committed in the higheſt a&s of worſhip, and that by an High- Prieſt, whoſe knowledge and funftion was a great aggravation to
his ſin»
14 And * he ſhal take of the blood of the bullock, and * ſprinkle i: with his finger upon the mercy-ſear x eaſtward y : and before the mercy-ſeat z ſhal he ſorin- kle of the blood with his finger ſeven times.
x To teach us that God is mercitul to ſinners only through and for the blood of Chriſt. y (z. &. ) With his face caſt-ward, or upon the eaſtern part of it, towards the people, 'who we:e in the cou:r which lay caſt-ward from the Holy of holies, which was the moſt weſtern part ofthe Tabernacle. This ſignified that the High-prieſt in this at repreſented the people, and that God accepted it on their behalf. z On the ground.
15 Then ſhal he kill - the goat of the ſin- offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and ſprinkle it upon the taercy-ſeat, and bes fore the mercy-ſeat, Lt
2 Either this was done before he entred into the Holy of holies, though ir be mentioned after, fuch cranſ-placings of pailages being not unuſual : or ratherhe went out of the Holy of holies, and kil- led it, and then returned thither agaire with its blood, and this 2- grees beſt with the text, nor are tranſpoſitions to be allowed withe our neceſſity. And whereas the High-prieſt is ſaid to be allowed to enterinto that place but once in a year, that is to be underſtood, but one day ina year, though there ſeems to have been occaſion of going inand coming out more than once upon that day.
16 And he thal make an atonement for the holy place b, becauſe of the uncleannefles of the chiidren of {ſrael c, and becauſe of their tranſgreflions in all their ſins : and ſo ſhal he do for the tabernacle of the congre- gation that + remaineth among them, 'in the midlt of , ,, 4
their uncleannefs 4. dudlah, b Of which ſee below wer. 19, to. and Exod. 29. 36. Lev, 8.
15. Heb. 9. 13. c For though the people did not enter into that
place, yet their ſins entred thirher, and would hinder the ef-
te&s of the High-prieſts mediation on their behalf, if God was nor
* Heb. 9. | 13. and } 19. 4. , che 4 6,
U 3 reconciled
Chap. XVI. - ITC: - WR m.. a Eneompaſſed with their ſins, being in the wer 1 | Spratt who file not themſelves only, but alſo
San&uary, as God complains, Exzek: 23:38, 39. —_ wo And there ſhall be no man in the tabernacle |
of the congregation e when he goeth in to make an a- tonement in the holy place, until he comeour, and have made an atonement for himſelf, and for his houſhold,
or all the congregation of Iſrael. __ e. ) In the CESS. wher? the Prieſts and Levites were at
imes. This was commanded for the greater reverence to
rey Serv Majeſty than in a more ſpecial manner appearing, and
that none of them might caſt an eye into the Holy of holie, asthe High-prieſt went in or came our. :
8 And he thal go our unto the altar f thatis before
the LORD, and make an atonement for it, and (hal
take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the
goat,and put it upon the horns of the aitar rour:d about
f To wit, the altar of incenſe, where the blood of ſacrifices was to be put, Lev, 4. 4. and particula'ly the blood of the ſin-offerings offered upon thi+ day of aton -ment, Exod. 35. .0.and whichis mot!
erly ſaid to be before the Lora, 1. e. befo.e the place TT bs Gpecial manner dwelt, to it, the Holy of _ Some underſtand it of the altar of burnt-offcrings, becauſe he 1s fai togoout to it. But that gong out relates not to the Tabeinacl?, bur to the Holy of holies, into which he was ſaid to go ix, v. 17. Add to this, that this altar which is atoned-by the High-prieſt ſeems to be in that place where he only might now come, and therefore in the Holy place, called heie ze Tabernacle, from which all other prieſts were for this day excluded, wh-1eas the altar of burnt-offer- ings was without the Holy place or Tabernacle, to witatthe doer | of it and in the court of the Prieſts.
19 And he tal {pitokie of the blood upon it with: his finger ſeven times g, and cleanſe it, and hallow it from the uncleanneſles of the mm of _ :
ifie 1 rfe& cleanſing, ſeven being a number of per- | fic perk. reconciliation by the blood of Chriſt he: e
ſented. 111 {5,052 We when he hath made an end of reconciling
the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he ſbalbring the live goat :
21 And Aaron ſhallay both his hands & upon the head of che live goat, and confeſs over him # all the iniqui- ties of the children of Iſrael, and all their tranſgreſfions | in all their ſins &, putting them upon the head / of the | +Heb & goat, and ſhal ſend him away by the hand of | a fit man man of op= m3 into the wilderneſs ». : | <Portunity. h See on Exod. 29.710. and Lev. 1.4. T. Confeſſion of fin being a duty to accompany the ſacrifice offered for it, as we ſee Lev. 5. 5. Numb. 5. 7. k Or, with or accoraing to all their ſins : for ſo the Hebrew particle is oft uſed. He mentions iniquities, tranſgreſſions, and ſms, to note ſins of all ſorts, and that a very fice and full confciſion wa- to be made, and that the ſmaileſt ſins needed, and the greateſt fins
were not excluded from, the benefit of Chriſts death here rep-eſent- ed. I Charging all their fins and the puniſhment due to them upon
* Luk. r.
T0, +; Heb. of - mneeting.