OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 16:15

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“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.

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Verse 15. Oracle. He probably took this blood at the same time with that of the calf. Hebrews 9:7. Menochius.—Though some Rabbins assert, the high priest entered the holy of holies four times on that day. Drusius. Pausanias tells us, that the temples of Dindymenes and Orcus were opened only once a year. Calmet.

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