John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:17
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation ,.... Not any of the priests, as Aben Ezra, no, not in the holy place where they ministered, nor in the court of the tabernacle, nor in any of the courts, nor indeed any of the people: all places were cleared when he , the high priest: goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place until he come out ; this in the mystery of it was to signify, that atonement for sin is made only by Christ our high priest; he himself,... read more
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