Leviticus 16:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

Then shall

Bring

Leviticus 16:2

Hebrews 6:19

Hebrews 9:3

General references

Exodus 37:6

Hebrews 9:21

Bible References

Then shall

He shall take from the congregation of the Israelites [at their expense] two male goats as a sin offering and one ram as a burnt offering.

Therefore, it was essential that He had to be made like His brothers (mankind) in every respect, so that He might [by experience] become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things related to God, to make atonement (propitiation) for the people’s sins [thereby wiping away the sin, satisfying divine justice, and providing a way of reconciliation between God and mankind].

and because of this [human weakness] he is required to offer sacrifices for sins, for himself as well as for the people.

but into the second [inner tabernacle, the Holy of Holies], only the high priest enters [and then only] once a year, and never without [bringing a sacrifice of] blood, which he offers [as a substitutionary atonement] for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

Bring

The Lord said to Moses,

“Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil (the Holy of Holies), before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die, for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],

Behind the second veil there was another tabernacle [the inner one or second section] known as the Holy of Holies,

General references

Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.

And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the containers and sacred utensils of worship with the blood.