161 Now the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron , when they had approached the presence of the Lord and died . 2 The Lord said to Moses : "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside e the veil, before e the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die ; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat . 3 "Aaron shall enter the holy place with this : with a bull e e for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering . 4 "He shall put on the holy linen tunic , and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body , and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments ). Then he shall bathe his body in water and put them on.
5 "He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering . 6 "Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household . 7 "He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting . 8 "Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats , one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat . 9 "Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell , and make it a sin offering . 10 "But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord , to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat . 11 "Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household , and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. 12 "He shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before e the Lord and two handfuls e of finely ground sweet incense , and bring it inside e the veil . 13 "He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord , that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony , otherwise he will die . 14 "Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 16:1-14
Commentary on Leviticus 16:1-14
(Read Leviticus 16:1-14)
Without entering into particulars of the sacrifices on the great day of atonement, we may notice that it was to be a statute for ever, till that dispensation be at an end. As long as we are continually sinning, we continually need the atonement. The law of afflicting our souls for sin, is a statue which will continue in force till we arrive where all tears, even those of repentance, will be wiped from our eyes. The apostle observes it as a proof that the sacrifices could not take away sin, and cleanse the conscience from it, that in them there was a remembrance made of sin every year, upon the day of atonement, Hebrews 10:1,3. The repeating the sacrifices, showed there was in them but a feeble effort toward making atonement; this could be done only by offering up the body of Christ once for all; and that sacrifice needed not to be repeated.