Leviticus 16:12-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 16:5-14

The Jewish writers say that for seven days before the day of expiation the high priest was to retire from his own house, and to dwell in a chamber of the temple, that he might prepare himself for the service of this great day. During those seven days he himself did the work of the inferior priests about the sacrifices, incense, etc., that he might have his hand in for this day: he must have the institution read to him again and again, that he might be fully apprised of the whole method. 1. He... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 16:15-19

When the priest had come out from the sprinkling the blood of the bullock before the mercy-seat, 1. He must next kill the goat which was the sin-offering for the people (Lev. 16:15) and go the third time into the holy of holies, to sprinkle the blood of the goat, as he had done that of the bullock; and thus he was to make atonement for the holy place (Lev. 16:16); that is, whereas the people by their sins had provoked God to take away those tokens of his favourable presence with them, and... 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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:12

Verse 12 12.And he shall take a censer full. Before he takes the blood into the sanctuary, (the priest) is commanded to offer incense. There was, as we have seen, an altar of incense, on which the priest burnt it, but without the veil; but now he is ordered to go within the veil, to make (246) an incense-offering in the very holy of holies. But it is worth noticing, that is said that the cloud of the incense should cover the mercy-seat — that the priest die not; for by this sign it was shewn... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

The climax of sacrificial worship, the Day of Atonement. cf. John 1:29 ; 1 Corinthians 5:7 ; Hebrews 9:10 . The sacrifices already considered all bring out with more or less emphasis the idea of atonement. But to render this cardinal idea of our religion still more emphatic, it was ordained that the tenth day of the seventh month in each year should be a day of special humiliation on the part of the people, and special ritual on the part of the priests. The directions about it were... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 16:5-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 16:15-19

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 16:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:1-34

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