Leviticus 16:3-10,Leviticus 16:29-30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:3

With a young bullock for a sin-offering - The bullock was presented as a sin-offering for himself, his family, the whole priesthood, and probably the Levites. The ram was for a burnt-offering, to signify that he and his associates were wholly consecrated, and to be wholly employed in this work of the ministry. The ceremonies with which these two sacrifices were accompanied are detailed in the following verses. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:4

He shall put on the holy linen coat - He was not to dress in his pontifical garments, but in the simple sacerdotal vestments, or those of the Levites, because it was a day of humiliation; and as he was to offer sacrifices for his own sins, it was necessary that he should appear in habits suited to the occasion. Hence he has neither the robe, the ephod, the breastplate, the mitre, etc.; these constituted his dress of dignity as the high priest of God, ministering for others and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:7

And he shall take the two goats - It is allowed on all hands that this ceremony, taken in all its parts, pointed out the Lord Jesus dying for our sins and rising again for our justification; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Two goats are brought, one to be slain as a sacrifice for sin, the other to have the transgressions of the people confessed over his head, and then to be sent away into the wilderness. The animal by this act was represented as bearing away or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:8

Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats - The Jews inform us that there were two lots made either of wood, stone, or any kind of metal. On one was written לשם Lashshem , for the Name, i. e., יהוה Jehovah , which the Jews will neither write nor pronounce: on the other was written לעזאזל Laazazel , for the Scape-Goat: then they put the two lots into a vessel which was called קלפי kalpey , the goats standing with their faces towards the west. Then the priest came, and the goats... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:10

To be the scape-goat - עזאזל azazel , from עז az , a goat, and אזל azal , to dismiss; the dismissed or sent away goat, to distinguish it from the goat that was to be offered in sacrifice. Most ancient nations had vicarious sacrifices, to which they transferred by certain rites and ceremonies the guilt of the community at large, in the same manner in which the scapegoat was used by the Jews. The white bull that was sacrificed by the Egyptians to their god Apis was of this kind;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:3

Verse 3 3.Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place. The rites and formality are now described; first, that Aaron should put on the holy garments, and wash his person; secondly, that he should offer a bullock and ram for a burnt-offering; thirdly, that he should take two goats from the people, one of which should be sent away alive, and the other slain in sacrifice. We have stated elsewhere why the priests were to be dressed in garments different from others, since he who is the mediator... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:7

Verse 7 7.And he shall take the two goats. A twofold mode of expiation is here presented to us; for one of the two goats was offered in sacrifice according to the provisions of the Law, the other was sent away to be an outcast, or offscouring ( κάθαρμα vel περίψημα (242)) The fulfillment of both figures, however, was manifested in Christ, since He was both the Lamb of God, whose offering blotted out the sins of the world, and, that He might be as an offscouring, ( κάθαρμα ,) His comeliness was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-4

The high priest on the Day of Atonement. The Jewish high priest was an eminent type of Christ. He was this on ordinary occasions of his ministry, in respect to which Jesus is called "the High Priest of our profession" ( Hebrews 3:1 ). But he was especially so upon this great occasion of his entrance into the most holy place, I. THE MOST HOLY PLACE OF THE TEMPLE WAS A TYPE OF HEAVEN . 1 . The tabernacle was a figure of the universe. 2 . The holy places... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-28

Union and communion with God is that which the undepraved heart of man most longs for, and which religion is especially intended to bring about. That this may be effected, the barrier of sin, and of that which represents sin—ceremonial uncleanness—must be broken down. If sin and uncleanness cannot be taken away so as to be as though they had not been, they must, according to their nature, be either punished as justice demands, or be so covered over as to be withdrawn from the sight of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

The great Day of Atonement ( Leviticus 16:29-31 ). One day in the year set apart to the most solemn representation possible of the two facts—the sinfulness of man, the righteous love of God. Atonement underlying the whole of the ceremonial Law, but the insufficiency of the dally sacrifices, set forth by the separation of one day for the special sacrifice, thus pointing to one atonement in which all other atone-meats should be perfected. Solemn warning in the death of the two sons of... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

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