Verse 15
15. Blood… horns Leviticus 4:7, note.
Purified the altar The altar, the work of the hands of sinful men, is viewed as sinful. In Leviticus 8:11 it is sanctified, and now it is expiated with blood. A holy life cannot be maintained on the earth without the blood of atonement being constantly sprinkled upon it. 1 John 1:7, note.
Sanctified The sanctification by oil is a setting apart, the blood sanctification is a thorough purgation of the very nature.
To make reconciliation upon it The Hebrew is capable of this construction. But precisely the same words in Leviticus 1:4, are rendered to make atonement for him. The personified altar needs an atonement as much as its imperfect minister.
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