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.

And he shall go out unto the altar. —The authorities during the Second Temple interpreted this to mean the golden altar, …

Even this altar, to which we bring our prayers and our thankofferings, has sin upon it. There is some defilement even in the saltwater of our penit…

And he shall go out unto the altar that [is] before the
Lord

The golden altar, the altar of incense, wh…

Here are typified the two great gospel privileges: the remi ion of sin and acce to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. Consider the expiat…