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Commentaries on Leviticus 16:27

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Leviticus 16 This chapter treats of the day of atonement, and of the rites, sacrifices, and services of it, directs when Aaron should come into the holy of holies, Leviticus 16:1; and in what habit he should then appear, and with what offerings both for himself, and for the people, Leviticus 16:3; and that having slain his own sin offering, and that for the people, he should offer...

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] carry forth without the camp; by command, as Aben...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have the institution of the annual solemnity of the day of atonement, or expiation, which had as much gospel in it as perhaps any of the appointments of the ceremonial law, as appears by the reference the apostle makes to it, Heb. ix. 7, &c. We had before divers laws concerning sin-offerings for particular persons, and to be offered upon particular occasions; but this is...

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 skins, and their flesh, and their dung. All must be...