co Gods appointmeiit,-nd manifeſtly pointing at* hriſt upon whom their iniquities and puniſhments were laid, 1s. 53.5, 6 it was a- vailable for this end. And hence the heathens rook their cuſtom of ſelefting one beaſt or man, upon whom they Jaid all their im- precations and curſes, and whom they killed as an expiatory ſacri-
I > ir ruine. # One that knows fice for their ſins, and to prevent their r
the wilderneſs, and the way to it, and what places in it are moſt
that uſe. Heb. 2 man of time, 7 e. of years of diſcre- ESE crates with this work. = Which ſignified the re- moval! of their ſins far a- ay both from the people, ans our of Gods ſight,or from the place of his preſence. And here the goat being ne- gleQed by all men,and expoſed to many hardſhips and hazards from wild beats which were numerous there, might further ſignifie Chrifts being forſaken both by God ani by men, even by his own diſciples,and the many dangers and ſufferings he underwent. The Jews write,that this goat was carried to the mountain called Hazel, whence the g-at is ſo called, v 10. and that there he was caſt down headlong,and that the red ſtring by which he wasled turned white, when God was pleaſed with the 1raelires,otherwiſe it remained red: and then they mourned all rhat year. And the ancient Hebrews write that 45years before the deftruQtion of the Temple, which was about the time of Chriſts death, this red ſtring turned no more white. ; -22 And the goat (bal bear upon him all their iniqui-
ties unto a land + not inhabited : and he ſhallet go the of goat in the wilderneſs. ; \ 23 And Aaron ſhal come » into the tabernacle of the ngregation, and ſhalpur oft the linen garments which h& put on, when he went into the holy place, and ſhal leave them there. | oForthwith, not expeEing the return of the man who carried the goat aay, but ſecurely committing that to Gods providence he ſhall go on in his work. . } : "4 And he ſhall waſh his fleſh with water in the holy lace p.and put on his garments q,and come forth,and of- fer his burat-offering,&the burnt-offering of the people, and make an atonement for himſelf, and for the people. Either in the laver appointed for that purpoſe,Or,in ſome other veſſel within the holy place,becauſe after he had waſhed in it he is * Faid to comeforth. q Not his ordinary Prieſtly linen garments, for
+ Heb. ' ſeparatio
SEFITICOS.
the goar, which though only a ceremon, , yet being done according
he was to Jzave them in the Tabernacle,v. 23. but the High-prieſtly garments, called his garments properly and peculiarly, and by way of diſtin&tion from the former garments,which are called holy gar- ments, ©. 4+ and the linen garments, v. 23. but never his garments, as theſe are. And this change of his garments was not without cauſe. For the common Prieſtly garments were more proper and fit for /
him in the former part of his miniſtration, both becauſe he was to appear before the Lord in the moſt holy place ro humble himſelf and make atonement for his own and for the peoples ſins,and there fore his humbieſt and meaneſt attire was molt fit, and becauſe he wastolay his hands upon that goat on which all their {ins were pur, by which touch both he and his garments would be in ſome ſort de- filed,and therefore as weread here that he waſhed himſelf or ki: fefb, ſo we may well preſume his linen garments were laid by for the waſhing,as the cloaths of him who carried away the ſcape-goat were wajbed, v. 26. And the High-prieſtly garments were moſt proper for the latter part of his work, which was of another nature.
the altar. I
26 And he that let go the goat for a ſcape-goat, ſhal walk 7 his clothes, and bathe his fleſh in water, and af- terward come into the camp.
x Becauſe he had contrafted ſome degree of ceremonial unclean- neſs by the touch of the goar.
27 * And the bullock Þ fer the ſin-ofering, and the ,
Skins, and their fleſh, and their dung. IT.
28 And he that burneth them ſhal waſh his clothes, ind bath his fleſh in water, and afterward he ſhal come into the camp.
29 And this ſhal be a ftatute for ever s unto you, rhat
month, ye ſhall affli your ſouls x, and do no work at 27: a.l, whether it be one ot your own country, or a ſtranger | _ chat ſojourneth among you.
5 See on Exod. 12.14. t Anſwering part to our September and part to our Offover ; when they had gathered in all their fruits,and were moſt at leiſurefor Gods ſervice : This time God choſe for this and other feaſts, herein graciouſly condeſcending to mens neceſſities and conveniencies, being contented with that time which men could beſt ſpare. u Obj. It was on the ninth day, Lev. 23. 32. Anſ. It began in the even ng of the ninth day, and continued till the evening of the tenth day, as is there ſufficiently implied. x 7. e. Your ſelves, a+ the word ſoul is frequently uſed, both your bodies by abſtinence from food and other delights, and you: minds by anguiſh and grief for former ſins, which though bicter, yer is - vo- luntarily in all true penitents; who are therefore here ſaid not to be afflicted, but to afflitt themſelves, or to be aQtivein the work.
30 For on chat day thal he prief make an atonement for you. to cleanſe you, that ye may be clean from all your ſins before the LORD.
21 Itſhal/bea ſabbath of reſt y unto you, and ye ſhal afflit your ſouls by a ſtatute for ever;
3 Obſerved as a ſibbarh-day by ceſſation from all worldly and ſer- vile works,and diligent attendance upon Gods worthip and ſervice,
32 * And the prieſt whem he ſhal anoint z,and whom he ſhal + conſecrate to miniſter in the prieſts office in My his fathers ſtead, ſhal make the atonement, and ſhal put + H on the linen clothes, even the holy garments.
& He,7.e. either God,who commanded him to be anointed,asmen are oft {aid ro do what others do by their command, or the High- prieit, who nas to anoint his ſucceſſor. Or, the third perſon is here pur indefinitely or imperſonally, for, who ſhall be anointed.
33 And he ihal make an atonement for the holy ſan- ctuary, and hethal make an atonement for the taber- nacle of the congregation, and for the altar : and he {hal make an atonement for the prieſts, and for all the people of the congregations
34 And this ſhal be an everlaſting ſtatute unto you, to make an atonement for the chiidren of 1ſrael forall
encir fins * once a year. And he did as the LORD «