The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16

Once a year the high priest passes the veil with blood for the sins of the people.

SacrificePriesthood

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Priesthood

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points forward to · once for all

Hebrews reads the annual entry behind the veil as the shape of what Christ did once: he enters the true sanctuary not with the blood of goats but with his own.

Hebrews 9 Hebrews 9:11-12 Leviticus 16:15

Sacrifice

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points forward to · blood on the lid

The whole day converges on the mercy seat, where blood is sprinkled between the covenant words and the God who gave them.

Exodus 25

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grows out of · two goats, one atonement

One goat dies and one is sent away — the price paid and the guilt carried off, two pictures of a single act.

Leviticus 16