Hebrews 9:24-25
9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation
of the true sanctuary
– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
9:25 And he did not enter to offer
himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,
Exodus 30:10
30:10 Aaron is to make atonement on its horns once in the year with some of the blood of the sin offering for atonement;
once in the year
he is to make atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the
Lord.”
Leviticus 16:2-20
16:2 and the
Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy
in front of the atonement plate
that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate.
Day of Atonement Offerings
16:3 “In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary – with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, linen leggings are to cover his body, and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash and wrap his head with a linen turban. They are holy garments, so he must bathe his body in water and put them on.
16:5 He must also take two male goats from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
16:6 Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household.
16:7 He must then take the two goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent,
16:8 and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel.
16:9 Aaron must then present the goat which has been designated by lot for the Lord, and he is to make it a sin offering,
16:10 but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away to Azazel into the wilderness.
The Sin Offering Sacrificial Procedures
16:11 “Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself, and he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. He is to slaughter the sin offering bull which is for himself,
16:12 and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the veil-canopy.
16:13 He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die.
16:14 Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger.
16:15 “He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate.
16:16 So he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities.
16:17 Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.
16:18 “Then he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar.
16:19 Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it from the impurities of the Israelites.
The Live Goat Ritual Procedures
16:20 “When he has finished purifying the holy place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.
Leviticus 16:34
16:34 This is to be a perpetual statute for you
to make atonement for the Israelites for
all their sins once a year.”
So he did just as the
Lord had commanded Moses.