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for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall you be clean before Yahweh.

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Christ, the True Atonement

Commentators explain that the high priest making atonement is a powerful type of Jesus Christ. Christ is both the High Priest who offers the sacrifice and the sacrifice itself. His work on the cross provides a complete and final cleansing from all sins, making believers truly 'clean before the Lord.'

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Leviticus

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Leviticus 16:30

19th Century

Bishop

For on that day the priest shall make an atonement. —Literally, For on that day he shall make atonement for you,

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Leviticus 16:29–31

19th Century

Preacher

This shows what sacredness the Lord attached to the great day of atonement, and gives us more than a hint of the preciousness of our Lord's atoning…

John Gill

John Gill

On Leviticus 16:30

17th Century

Pastor

For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you to cleanse you By offering the sin…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Leviticus 16:15–34

17th Century

Minister

Here are typified the two great gospel privileges: the remission of sin and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. Consider the exp…