34 What has been done today was commanded by the Lord to make atonement for you.
34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
34 As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.
34 God commanded what has been done this day in order to make atonement for you.
34 As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
34 Everything we have done today was commanded by the Lord in order to purify you, making you right with him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 8:34
Commentary on Leviticus 8:14-36
(Read Leviticus 8:14-36)
In these types we see our great High Priest, even Christ Jesus, solemnly appointed, anointed, and invested with his sacred office, by his own blood, and the influences of his Holy Spirit. He sanctifies the ordinances of religion, to the benefit of his people and the honour of God the Father; who for his sake accepts our worship, though it is polluted with sin. We may also rejoice, that he is a merciful and faithful High Priest, full of compassion to the feeble-minded and tempest-tossed soul. All true Christians are consecrated to be spiritual priests. We should seriously ask ourselves, whether in our daily walk we study to maintain this character? and abound in spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Christ? If so, still there is no cause for boasting. Let us not despise our fellow-sinners; but remembering what we have done, and how we are saved, let us seek and pray for their salvation.