Ezekiel 43:22 - Exposition

The second day's ceremonial should begin with the offering of a kid of the goats (rather, a he-goat ) without blemish for a sin offering , the ritual observed being probably the same as that of the preceding day. The substitution of a "he-goat," the offering for a ruler who sins (Le 4:23, 24), instead of a "young bullock," which formed the first day's offering, was a deviation from the ritual prescribed for the consecration of the Mosaic altar and priesthood ( Exodus 29:36 ). The object of the offering of the "he-goat" was the same as that of the offering of the "bullock," viz. to cleanse the altar ; not, however, as if the previous day's cleansing had been insufficient and required to be supplemented, or had already become inefficient so as to call for renewal, but in the sense of recalling the meaning and impression of the previous day's ceremonial, and so in a manner linking it on with the several rites of the succeeding days.