John Calvin Commentary Leviticus 6:30

John Calvin Commentary

Leviticus 6:30

1509–1564
Protestant
John Calvin
John Calvin

John Calvin Commentary

Leviticus 6:30

1509–1564
Protestant
SCRIPTURE

"And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire." — Leviticus 6:30 (ASV)

And no sin-offering. The exception is repeated with reference both to the sacrifices mentioned in the fourth chapter and to the solemn sacrifice by which the priest and the people were reconciled every year. For private persons individually atoned for their sins at less expense, and only the greater altar, which stood in the court, was sprinkled with blood. But if the priest reconciled God to the whole people, or to himself, in order that the intercession might be more efficacious, he entered the sanctuary to pour out blood on the opposite side of the veil.

God now again commands that such victims should be entirely burnt. This passage, then, is nothing but a confirmation of the others in which a like command is given.

Therefore the Apostle, in an apt allusion, infers that the distinction of foods is abolished, for he says that the minor altar, which under the Law was hidden, is now laid open to us (Hebrews 13:10), and therefore we no longer eat of the legal sacrifices.

Moreover, since our One Priest has brought His blood into the sanctuary, it only remains for us to go forth with Him without the camp.