Leviticus 16:1-34 KJV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:6

And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself ,.... That is, bring it into the court, and present it before the Lord in order to its being slain and sacrificed; for as yet it was not killed, and so could not be offered on the altar, see Leviticus 16:11 ; the place where the bullock was set was between the porch and the altar, his head in the south, and his face to the west, and the priest stood in the east, and his face to the west, and laid both his hands... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:7

And he shall take the two goats ,.... The sin offering for the people, a proper emblem of Christ, this creature being clean and fit for food, denoting the purity of Christ, and his being suitable and wholesome food, as his flesh is to the faith of his people; and because comely in its going, as Christ was in his going from everlasting, and in his coming, into this world, travelling in the greatness of his strength; and even by reason of its having something in it unsavoury and offensive, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:8

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ,.... Which should be slain, and which should be kept alive, and let go: the manner of casting lots, according to the Misnah F1 Misn. Yoma, c. 3. sect. 9. & c. 4. sect. 1. , was this; the high priest went to the east of the court, to the north of the altar, the Sagan (or deputy priest) at his right hand, and Rosh Beth Ab (or the chief of the house of the fathers) on his left hand, and the two goats were there; and there was a vessel (box... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:9

And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord's lot fell ,.... Alluding to the manner of taking out the lot by the high priest, who, when he took it out, lifted it up with his hand, and then let it down, and put it on the head of the goat; after which he brought it to the altar to be sacrificed: and offer him for a sin offering ; an offering for the sins of the people, as a type of Christ, who made his soul an offering for sin for his people; but this was not done by Aaron until he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:10

But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat ,.... Or for Azazel, of which more hereafter in the latter part of the verse: shall be presented alive before the Lord ; this seems to be a second presentation; both the goats were presented before the Lord before the lots were cast, Leviticus 16:7 ; but this was afterwards, when one of the goats, according to the lot, being presented, was ordered to be killed for a sin offering, and the other according to the lot being presented... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:11

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself ,.... In the same manner, and is to be understood in the same sense as in Leviticus 16:6 , and shall make atonement for himself and for his house : by a confession of words, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, and which Jarchi calls the second confession; for the same was made, and in the same words as before; see Gill on Leviticus 16:6 , and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:12

And he shall take a censer ,.... A fire pan, a sort of chafing dish or perfuming pot; this was a golden one, as appears from Hebrews 9:4 ; hence Christ, the Angel of God's presence, our interceding High Priest, is said to have such an one, Revelation 8:3 ; and so Josephus says F7 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 3. , it was a golden one the high priest used on the day of atonement; with which agree the Misnic doctors F8 Misn. Yoma, c. 4. sect. 4. , who say, on other days he took off... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:13

And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord ,.... Both the incense and burning coals of fire being carried within the vail, the incense was put upon the coals, and so it burned before the Lord, whose seat was between the cherubim; and from whence it appears, that this was done, not without but within the vail: the Sadducees under the second temple would have it, that the incense was put upon the fire without the vail, wherefore the high priest, on the evening of this day, was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:14

And he shall take of the blood of the bullock ,.... When the high priest slew the bullock, the blood was received in a basin, and given to another priest, that he might keep stirring it on a foursquare bench in the temple, that so it might not thicken and congeal F14 Misn. Yoma, c. 4. sect. 3. , but by a continual motion might become thin and liquid, and fit for sprinkling; and this was doing, while the high priest was gone into the most holy place to offer the incense; which being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:15

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people ,.... That upon which the lot came for the Lord, Leviticus 16:9 ; the high priest having sprinkled the blood of the bullock, came out of the most holy place, and went into the court of the tabernacle to the altar of burnt offering, and on the north side of that slew the goat for the sin offering, the place where all such were killed; see Leviticus 1:11 . This was a type of Christ, of his being slain, and made an... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:15

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