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On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bull.
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A Picture of Christ's Sacrifice
Commentators explain that this offering of a blemish-free goat points directly to Jesus. John Gill notes it typifies Christ being 'made sin for his people.' Matthew Henry builds on this, stating that while we no longer offer physical sacrifices, the principle remains: Christ's one offering has perfected believers, and the 'sprinkling of his blood is necessary in all our approaches to God.'
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They shall cleanse - By sprinkling the blood (Ezekiel 43:18). Here “they” marks the act as that of the priests. Moses d…
19th Century
Anglican
A kid of the goats. More exactly, a buck of the goats. This was the sin offering prescribed for a ruler ([Reference Levit…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And on the second day you shall offer a kid of the goatswithout blemish for a sin offering…
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