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the Scapegoat
Lev 16:15-34
The loneliness of the high priest, Lev 16:17; the sprinkling of blood within the veil upon the mercy seat, Lev 16:16; the fragrant incense, emblematic of a well-pleasing offering, Lev 16:13; the confession of sin and its bearing-away into a solitary land, Lev 16:22; the linen garments of simplicity and humility, Lev 16:23; the destruction of the carcasses of the beasts “without the camp,” Lev 16:27; the ultimate coming forth of the high priest to bless the people, bringing them the assurance of a finished and accepted work, Lev 16:24, compare Heb 9:28 all these points are carefully elaborated in the Epistle to the Hebrews.
The fate of the scapegoat was very moving! Laden with the sins of the people, it is led forth through the crowd of penitents, innocent yet execrated, dumb yet eloquent of the doom of the sin bearer, escaping death by the knife, to be forsaken even unto death! So Jesus died, with the cry of “Forsaken” on His lips.