a year" "on the tenth day of the seventh month," verses 34, 29.
This was the most important day of the year.
The whole nation having had their sins previously forgiven by the atonement made in the Holy, now assemble about their Sanctuary, while the High Priest, attired in his holy garments for glory and beauty, verse 4, Exodus 28, having the golden bells on the hem of his robe that his sound may be heard when he goeth in before the Lord, the breast- plate of judgment on his heart, with their names therein that he may bear their judgment, also in it the Urim and Thummim (light and perfection), and the plate of pure gold, the holy crown, (Leviticus 8:9, Exodus 28:36), with "Holiness to the Lord" engraved upon it, placed upon the fore-front of his mitre that he may bear the iniquities of the holy things, enters the Holy of Holies to make an atonement to cleanse them, that they may be clean from all their sins before the Lord, verse 30.
The victims for the atonement of this day were, for the priest himself, a young bullock for a sin- offering, verse 3, and for the people, two goats; one for a sin- offering and the other for the scape-goat, and a ram for a burnt- offering, verses 5-8.
He killed or caused to be killed the bullock for a sin-offering for himself, verse 11. "Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bringing it within the veil; And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony that he die not.
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his fi nger upon the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his fi nger seven times," verses 12-14.
So much in preparation to make an atonement for the people; a description of which follows: "Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering which is for the people and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the 14 blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat.
And he shall make an atonement for (cleanse, see marginal references,) the