Levítico 16

Levítico 16

William MacDonald has an interesting comment regarding the progression of making atonement from inward to outward, from the mercy seat to the tent of meeting to the altar - Atonement started with the Most Holy Place, then worked outward to the Holy Place and finally to the brazen altar (Lev 16:15-19). (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Gordon Wenham - The uncleanness that affects every man and woman to a greater or lesser degree (see Lev. 11–15) pollutes the sanctuary. These atonement-day rituals make the impossible possible. By cleansing the sanctuary they permit the holy God to dwell among an unholy people (Lev 16:16–17; cf. Isa. 6:3ff.; Ps. 15; 24:3ff.). (The Book of Leviticus) John