And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy brother,.... Who was the high priest; and what is here said to him was binding on all high priests in succession from him:
that he come not at all…
Barnes' Notes
The holy place within the vail - See Exo 26:33-34; Heb 9:3. The cloud - Compare Exo 16:10 note. The mercy seat - See Exo 25:17 note.
Adam Clarke
That he come not at all times into the holy place - By the holy place we are to understand here what is ordinarily called the Holy of Holies, or most holy place; that place within the veil where the…
Here is, I. The date of this law concerning the day of atonement: it was after the death of the two sons of Aaron (Lev 16:1), which we read, Lev 10:1. 1. Lest Aaron should fear that any remaining…
Cambridge Bible
The ritual to be observed(1 28)
2. into the holy place within the veil the veil (pârôketh), which separates the -holy place" from the -most holy" (here called -the holy place within …"), cp. Exo…
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