aid. He might not deviate In e.ny particular from the instructions which came fl'0m heaven. 11 Aaron shall" is the continually recurring strain; almost every other verse contains this formula; departure from direction was utter failure in his work and death to himself (ver. 2). 2, Aaron divested himself of his rich attire-he wore not the ephod with precious stones, nor the mitre glittering with golden crown; this splendid attire he laid by on this occasion, and he put on the simple linen coat, and was girded with a linen girdle, and wore a. linen mitre (ver. 4). 3. Anron did his priestly work alone. "There shall be no man in the tabernacle when he goeth in . . . until he come out" (ver. 17). No other foot but his might enter within the vail; no other hand but his might sprinkle the blood on the mercy-seat. 4. Aaron bore a. heavy burden for the people. "So laborious and trying was his work that, after it was over, the people gathered round him with sympathy and congratulation that he was brought through it in safety." So Christ, the great antitype, (1) wa.s appointed of God (Heb. v. 4, 5); be was" the Anointed," the Sent One; he "came to do his Father's will," and though under no snch minute commandments as those which regulated the actions of Aaron, he was ever consulting the will of the Father, doing" nothing of himself" (John v. 19-30; viii. 28; ix. 4). (2) Divested himself of the robe of his divinity, and put on the frail garment of our humanity (John i. 14; Hcb. ii. 14; Phil. ii. 7). (3) 11 Trod the winepress alone." "Ye shall leave me alone," s.'\id he (John xvi. 32). and alone he agonized in the garden, and alone he suffered and died on the cross. Hi~ was a most lonely life, for not even his most loved disciple understood the meaning of his mission; and his was a lonely death, none of those who stood weeping by bein:; able to take any part in the sacrificial work he then wrought out.. (4) Bore so heavy a burden for us that his heart broke beneath it. II. THREE POINTS OF CONTRAST. 1. Aaron was compelled to present offerings for himself (vers. 6, 11-14). 2. Had to present an offering that was provided for him ; a bullock bad to be brought from the herds of Israel (ver. 6), or he would have been a priest without an offering. 3. Could offer no availin~ sacrifice for deliberate transgres- .sions: presumptuous sin had already paid the penalty of death. Ilut Christ Jesus, our Great High Priest, (1) needed not to present any sacrifice for himself; the holy, harmless, undefiled One, separate from sinners, did not need to offer up sacrifices first for his own sins (Heb, vii. 26, 27). (2) Had no need to procure a. victim, for himself 11 , • • co.me down to be The offering and the priest." He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself (Heb. ix. 26). (3) Offered o. sacrifice which avails for all sin. His blood "eleanseth us from all sin" (1 John i. 7 ; 1 Cor. vi. 11 ; Eph. i. 7 ; Heb. ix. 14 ; vii. 25, etc.).-C.
Vers. 7-10, 15, 21, 22.-Type and antitype-the offering. The most striking feature of the whole service on the great Day of Atonement was the action of the hi:.?;h priest in rego.rd to the two goats brought to the to.bernaclo door (ver. 7). They cleo.rly point to that" Lamb of God" who came to" take a.way the sin of the world" (Jolm i. 29). That there were two goats rather than one presents no difficulty at nll; there might well have been more than one to typify the Sacrifice which they foresbadoweu. We learn- I. THAT Goo ADMITS VI0AnIOUS BUFFEilING INTO HIS RIGHTEOUS REALM. The inno- cent goat would shed its blood, would pour out its life, that the guilty human souls might not die, but live. It was a Divine appointment, and shows clearly thnt the propitiatory element was e.lloweu by the Holy Ono of Israel. 'l'be vicarious princirio hos n large place in the kingdom of God on earth. lnvolunte.rily and also voluntarily we suffer for others and others for us. Man bears the penal consequences of his brother's sin. He does so when he cannot avoid so doing; and be does so frequently with his own full consent; indeed, by going far out of bis way on purpose to boar it. Vicarious suffering runs through the whole human economy. But there is ouly One who could possibly take on himself the penalty of the world's sin-only One on whom could possibly be "le.id the iniquity of us all." That one is the spotless " Lamb of God," that Son of God who became sin for man; ho, 11 for the suffering of deu.th was ma.de a. little lower than the angels," and took on him a mortal form. "Surely lie LEV1Tl01/S, S 258 TliE BOOK OF LEVITICUS. [cu. XVI, 1-34,