09/13/2022 – Day 198 – Leviticus 16 – 18
Today, I would like to share the summary commentary of Halley’s Bible Handbook for these chapters:
“Chapter 16 – Annual Atonement
This was on the 10th day of the 7th month (see page 148). Most solemn day of the year. The removal of sin was only for a year (Hebrews 10:3), but it pointed forward to eternal removal (Zechariah 3:4, 8, 9; 13:1; Hebrews 10:14).
‘Scapegoat’ (8) is translated in RV, ‘Azazel,’ which is thought to have been a name for Satan. After the sacrificial goat had been offered, then the High-Priest laid his hands on the head of the goat for Azazel and confessed over him the sins of the people. Then the goat was led away into a solitary land, bearing away the sins of the people. This ceremony was one of God’s historical fore-pictures of Coming Atonement for Human Sin by the Death of Christ. What else could it mean?
Chapter 17. Master of Sacrifice
The law required presentation of animals at the door of the Tabernacle. Eating of Blood was strictly forbidden (3:17; 7:26, 27; 17: 10-16; Genesis 9:4; Deuteronomy 12: 16, 23-25); and still is (Acts 15:29).
Chapter 18. Canaanite Abominations
If we wonder that some of these things: Incest, Sodomy, Cohabitation with Animals: are even mentioned, it was because they were in common practice among Israel’s neighbors.”
Soli Deo Gloria!