It is important, in reference to the meaning of the Day of Atonement, to observe the order of the rites as they are described in these verses.

Make an atonement for the holy place. —The transgressions of the Israelites during the year not only defiled them, but al…

And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in…

And he shall make an atonement for the holy place. The cleansing of the sanctuary might seem absurd, as if it were in human power to pollu…

And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place]
Even the holy of holies, as Aben Ezra interprets it, into which …

Here are typified the two great gospel privileges: the remission of sin and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. Consider the exp…