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Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
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The Priest Needed Atonement Too
Commentators highlight that the high priest had to first offer a sacrifice for his own sins, purchased with his own money. This powerfully illustrates that no human, not even the highest spiritual leader, is without sin or can approach God on their own merit. Everyone requires God's mercy and forgiveness through an atoning sacrifice.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Holy place - This name here denotes the sanctuary, the whole sacred enclosure, the court of the tabernacle. The offerings were for Aaron and…
19th Century
Anglican
Thus shall Aaron come. —A better rendering is, With this shall, etc.; that is, with the following sacrifices, ritual, ves…
Baptist
There is no access to God except by sacrifice; there never was, and there never can be, any way to God for sinful man except by sacrifice.
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16th Century
Protestant
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place. The rites and formality are now described:
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy [place] The most holy place; and this was after he had offered the daily sacrifi…
Without entering into the particulars of the sacrifices on the great Day of Atonement, we may note that it was to be a statute forever, until that …
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