56; John xvi. 32) I No one cculd help Jesus in his great work of atonement. 2. TM sacrifice of th~ two goats now claims attention. (1) Two are brought, to foreshadow what one could not adequately, viz. that one part only of the compound person of Christ could die, while both parts were necessary for his making atonement. The animal on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat was to stand alive before the Lord to make atonement with him (ver. 10; see Heb. viii. 3; 1 Pet. iii. 18). The "so~e- what" which our high priest has to ofl'er is his humanity, which hie Godhead supported and rendered infinitely efficacious for the expiation of sin, (2) In casting lots upon the goats, one for the Lord, and the other for the scapegoat, we are taught that the sufferings of Christ were ordered by the providence.of God (see Acts iv. 28), This is amply evinced in the wonderfully detailed anticipations of prophecy. (3) Aaron laid his two hands upon the head of the creature that was to be the scapegoat, and con- fessed the sins of the congregation. These were such as may not have been atoned for by the usual sacrifices. And they are summed up as "iniquities" and "transgres- sions" and" sins" (ver. 21). Laden with these, (4) he was sent away" by the hand of a man of opportunity" (ver. 21, margin). Such was Simon the Cyrenian, who bore the cross on which the atonement was to be made for sin (Matt. xxvii, 32; see Gal vi 14; Eph. ii. 16; Col ii. 14). Jesus was hurried along to his execution by the rabble rather than by any officer appointed to lead him. And as the man of opportunity was to be unclean until he had bathed his flesh and washed his clothes, so will the blood of the murder of Jesus be upon the Jews until it is cleansed by their repentance and faith (comp. Matt. xxvii. 25 and Joel iii. 21). (5) The scapegoat was to go away with its burden into a "a land not inhabited," or "land of separation," a "wilder- ness," a place in which it might be lost sight of. Thie was designed to tea<:h us how effectually our sins are borne away into oblivion by Christ (Ps. ciii. 12; lea. xxxviii. 17; Micah vii. 19; John i. 29; Heb. viii. 12). To set forth this important truth, it was also ordered that the bodies of those beasts whose blood was brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, were burnt without the camp (ver. 27; Heb. xiii. 11, 12). So, like the "man of opportunity," whoever burnt the sin offering became unclean, and so remained until he had washed (see Zech. xiii. 1). Have we been purified from all complicity in the guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus ?-J. A. M.
Vers. 29-34.-The Day of Atonement. In this summary we have the design oftbe statute. I. ATONEMENT WAS MADE FOB THE TABERNACLE. 1. The work </I (Jhrlst affects the 'ITUI,terial universe, (1) The tabernacle, we have seen (see on vers. 1-4), was a type of the universe, material and moral; and that the holy places represented the heavens. The sprinkling of the tabernacle and its holy places, therefore, teaches that the universe is affected by the atonement of Christ (vers. 15-19, 33; Heb. ix. 12, 23, 24; Rev. v. 6). (2) Aaron, as the type of Christ, entered into the holiest place, but then only once in the year, nor could he without dying open an entrance into it even for hie son, who, in his turn, could only enter there as the type of Christ. Thie showed that, while the tabernacle stood, the way into the holiest was not made manifest. But the vail was not only rent in the tom flesh of Jesus, so that he himself became the Way, but he entered heaven himself once for all (Heh. x. 19, 20). (3) Do we avail ourselves of the privileges of our spiritual priesthood (Heb. x. 21, 22)? 2. The work ef (Jhrist influences tM moral universe. (1) Angels, therefore, manifested interest in the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow (Exod. xxv. 20 ; Dan. viii. 13 • 1 Pet. i. 11-13). The sprinkling of the holy places teaches that, through the ato~ement of Christ, holy angels are reconciled to us. By the sanctifying power of his grace we are brought into sympathy with them. (2) They are now, therefore, interested in the welfare of the Church ; and are themselves a part of the great family of Jesus (see Dan. xii. 5, 6; Eph. i. 10; iii. 10, 15; PhiL ii. 9-11). II. ATONEMENT wAS MADE FOR THE PEOPLE, 1. None were ezempted from the need of it. (1) Aaron and his house were in the same category with the people in this respect. Though types, they were yet sinful men. (2) But through the blood- shedding of this day, all stood "clean from all sins before the Lord," i.e. he looked upon them and accepted them as clean. So in the great day of judgment will he look upon us and accept us as clean through the sprinkling of the blood of Jesu1 OH, XVI, 1-84,] THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS. 253