Leviticus 16:16 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 16:11-25

It is important, in reference to the meaning of the day of atonement, to observe the order of the rites as they are described in these verses.Leviticus 16:12A censer - See Exodus 25:38 note.The altar before the Lord - i. e. the altar of burnt-offering on which the fire was always burning.Leviticus 16:14The high priest must have come out from the most holy place to fetch the blood, leaving the censer smoking within, and then have entered again within the veil. He sprinkled the blood seven times... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 16:16

Leviticus 16:16. Because of the uncleanness of Israel For though the people did not enter into that place, yet their sins entered thither, and would have hindered the effects of the high-priest’s mediation on their behalf, if God had not been reconciled to them. In the midst of their uncleanness In the midst of a sinful people, who defile not themselves only, but also God’s sanctuary. And God hereby showed them how much their hearts needed to be purified, when even the tabernacle, only by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:11-22

Day of Atonement: sacrifices (16:11-22)Aaron sacrificed the priests’ sin offering at the altar in the tabernacle courtyard, then took fire from this altar along with blood from the sacrifice into the tabernacle (that is, into the tent). He used the fire to burn incense on the golden altar that stood in the Holy Place against the curtain dividing the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. As he drew back this curtain to enter the Most Holy Place, incense from the altar floated through the open... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:1-34

D. The Day of Atonement ch. 16The sacrifices and offerings that Moses described thus far in the Law were not sufficient to cleanse all the defilements of the people. Much sinfulness and uncleanness still needed removing. Therefore God appointed a yearly sacrifice that cleansed all the sins and impurities not covered by other means that the Israelites committed ignorantly (Hebrews 9:7). The sacrifice of the Day of Atonement was in this sense the most comprehensive of the Mosaic sacrifices.This... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:11-19

The blood-sprinkling rites 16:11-19Leviticus 16:11-14 describe the purification offering that Aaron was to offer for himself and the other priests. The act of offering incense represented the act of offering prayer that God would mercifully accept the sacrifices offered to cover the nation’s sins and uncleanness."The purpose of the incense-smoke was to create a screen which would prevent the High Priest from gazing upon the holy Presence." [Note: Hertz, p. 156.] The second stage of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:11-28

2. Instructions concerning the ritual 16:11-28More detail follows in this section that helped Aaron know exactly how to conduct the cultic ritual and that helps the reader appreciate the implications of atonement. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:1-34

Ritual of the Day of Atonement(See also Leviticus 23:26-32; Numbers 29:7-11; Exodus 30:10.)This solemn ceremonial took place once a year on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri = September). It was enacted by the high priest alone, but the whole nation indicated its interest and participation in it, by resting from all manner of work, by keeping a very strict fast, and by assembling for an ’holy convocation.’ The ritual of the Day of Atonement marked the culminating point of the Levitical... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 16:16

(16) Make an atonement for the holy place.—The transgressions of the Israelites during the year not only defiled them, but also drew defilement upon the very sanctuary with its utensils, which was pitched in the midst of them. For this purpose the high priest during the second Temple thoroughly mixed the blood of the bullock with that of the goat, and went out into the Holy place which he inspected first.And so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation.—Better, and so shall he do for... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Leviticus 16:1-34

The Scapegoat Leviticus 16:8-22 Among a primitive people who seemed to have more moral troubles than any other and to feel greater need of dismissing them by artificial means, there grew up the custom of using a curious expedient. They chose a beast of the field, and upon its head symbolically piled all the moral hard-headedness of the several tribes; after which the unoffending brute was banished to the wilderness and the guilty multitude felt relieved. However crude that ancient method of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENTLeviticus 16:1-34IN the first verse of chapter 16, which ordains the ceremonial for the great annual day of atonement, we are told that this ordinance was delivered by the Lord to Moses "after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord, and died." Because of the close historical connection thus declared between this chapter and chapter 10, and also because in this ordinance the Mosaic sacrificial worship, which has been the subject of the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 16:11-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 16:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:11-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:1-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:11-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:11-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:1-34

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 16:16

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Leviticus 16:1-34

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

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