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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. And the bullock for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering,.... The one for Aaron and his family, the other for the people of Israel, of which see Leviticus 16:5; whose blood was brought in to make an atonement in the holy [place]; the holy of holies, where it was brought and sprinkled, as directed in Leviticus 16:14; shall [one]...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,.... In forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, everyone of those that burnt them, as Aben Ezra observes; for these being sin offerings, and had a connection with the sins of men, for whom they were offered, the persons concerned in the carrying and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. Everything that has to do with God’s service must be clean and purified by fire, and purified by water. An atonement cannot be made by that which is itself defiled; it must be without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing before...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you,.... As long as the Aaronic priesthood was in being, and the Levitical dispensation lasted, until: the true Messiah came and put an end to all these rites and ceremonies; until that time this service was to be performed by the high priest in succession every year: [that] in the seventh month; the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: for on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you to cleanse you,.... By offering the sin offering for them; typical of the sacrifice of Christ, whose soul was made an offering for sin whereby atonement is made for it, and whose blood cleanses from all sin. Though the word "priest" is not in the text, it is rightly supplied, as it is by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you,.... From all servile work, as before observed; typical of a cessation from the performance of sinful works, at least from a sinful course of life, and from a dependence on works of righteousness, when a man is brought to believe in Christ, and in the atonement which he has made, see Hebrews 4:3: and ye...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest whom he shall anoint,.... Whom God shall anoint, or shall be anointed, that shall succeed in the high priesthood, as Aaron's sons did, the eldest of them, and none but such were anointed: and whom he shall consecrate; or fill his hands, by putting the sacrifices into them; [See comments on Exodus 28:41] and [See comments on Exodus...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary,.... The holy of holies, just in the same manner as Aaron had done, Leviticus 16:16; and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation; the court of the tabernacle, and the holy place, and all in them, as Aaron did, in the places referred and for the altar; see Leviticus...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you,.... Which is the third time of its being observed, see Leviticus 16:29, to show that this was a law of considerable moment, and to be taken notice of, and strictly and closely kept by the priests, to whom these words are directed, and on whom the chief service of the day lay: to make atonement for...