But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
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Gill's Exposition
Though this is not expressed in so many words in Lev 16:2 only it is said that "Aaron came not at all times into the holy place within the vail"; yet it is the constant and generally received sense of…
Barnes' Notes
But into the second - The second apartment or room, called the most holy place; Heb 9:3. Went the high priest alone once every year - On the great day of atonement; Exo 30:10. On that day he probably…
Adam Clarke
But into the second - That is, the holy of holies, or second part of the tabernacle, the high priest alone, once every year, that is, on one day in the year only, which was the day on which the…
Here, I. The apostle gives an account of the tabernacle, that place of worship which God appointed to be pitched on earth; it is called a worldly sanctuary, wholly of this world, as to the materials…
Cambridge Bible
But into the second i.e. "the inner," "the Holiest." There was a graduated sanctity in the Tabernacle and in the Temple. In the Temple any one might go into the Outer Court or Court of the Gentiles;…
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