2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
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And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, …
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, …
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here is, I. The date of this law concerning the day of atonement: it was after the death of the two sons of Aaron (Lev. 16:1), which we read, Lev. 10:1. 1. Lest Aaron should fear that any remaining guilt of that sin should cleave to his family, or (seeing the priests were so apt to offend) that some after-sin of his other sons should be the ruin of his family, he is directed how to make atonement…
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