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 wash his flesh. —That is, immerse his whole body. The baptistery, where the high priest performed these ablutions, was on the…

Only the fat of it, the best of it, was burned on the altar, for sin offerings were not acceptable to God. They were regarded as being filled with …

And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place
In the court of the tabernacle of the congregation, where, …

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…