Leviticus 16:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:22

Then the goat went forth, bearing upon him all their iniquities. The slain goat had symbolized and ceremonially wrought full atonement or covering of sins; but in order to impress upon the mind of the nation a joyful sense of entire liberation from the burden of sin, the second symbol of the disappearing goat is used; so that not only sin, but the consciousness and the fear of the taint and presence of sin, might be taken away from the cleansed and delivered people. The goat is to bear the... read more

Albert Barnes

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 16:21

Leviticus 16:21. All the iniquities He mentions iniquities, transgressions, and sins, to denote sins of all sorts, and that a free and full confession was to be made, and that the smallest sins needed, and the greatest sins were not excluded from, the benefit of Christ’s death here represented. On the head Charging all their sins and the punishment due to them upon the goat, which, though only a ceremony, yet being done according to God’s appointment, and manifestly pointing at... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 16:22

Leviticus 16:22. Unto a land not inhabited ארצ גזרה erets gezra, a land cut off separated, remote from intercourse with men. The Seventy render it αβατον , untrod, unpassable, a land through which none travelled. The sending away into this desert land the goat, over which the sins of the people had been humbly and penitently confessed, and to which they were figuratively transferred, was certainly a fine and most expressive emblem that, on condition of the repentance of mankind, and... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 16:21

both his hands. This for solemnity; and only here, on this occasion. live goat. The two goats complete the one type of Christ. One could not, for He was "put to death as to the flesh", but made alive [again] as to the spirit", i.e. in resurrection (1 Peter 3:17 . 1 Corinthians 15:45 ). He was " made sin" for us, that we might be come divinely righteous in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21 ). all. Note the four "alls" in verses: Leviticus 16:21 , Leviticus 16:22 . Figure of speech Repetitio ( App-6... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 16:22

shall bear = shall bear away, as Isaiah 53:4 . land not inhabited. Hebrew "a land cut off". let go. This is the point of the type. The live goat was sent away, not in judgment or atonement, but in peace and at liberty. "All" had already been atoned for in the death of the other goat (Leviticus 16:10 ). Now he was free to go into the land of forgetfulness, where their "sins and iniquities are remembered no more" (Isaiah 43:25 .Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 31:34 ). The scapegoat goes forth to ... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 16:21

Leviticus 16:21. And Aaron shall lay both his hands— See Exo 29:10 and, for the spiritual meaning of this ceremony, see Lev 16:10 of this chapter, and the reflections at the conclusion of it. Most other nations had their piacular sacrifices, to which they first transferred the sins of the public, imprecating upon them all the evils which might have befallen themselves, and then they put the victims to death. Many went so far as to offer human sacrifices to this effect; from a superstitious... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 16:22

Leviticus 16:22. The goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities— See Isaiah 53:0. 1 Peter 2:24. Many learned writers, and among the rest Dr. Jackson on the Creed, maintain, that our blessed Saviour entered on this great day of atonement on his office of Mediator: for on this day, they assert, he was baptized: and as being then declared by a voice from heaven to be the Son of God, and immediately driven by the spirit into the wilderness, John the Baptist could not but look upon him as the... 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

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