13:47-59
Sin contamination in habits and practices is considered serious & far-reaching. It is not to be tolerated or ignored.
The leper in the NT had to be cleansed from the defilement of his leprosy - you need to be a completely new creation.
Sin is serious - wherever it is found, whatever its form, it defiles. Ch 15 is all about the defilement of secret sins. It pollutes everything around it and needs cleansing and atonement as with the other sins.
The order of ceremonies for the day of Atonement:
With a young bull for a sin offering
Put on the sacred linen tunic w/ linen undergarments, tie the linen sash, put on the linen turban.
Take 2 male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
Offer the bull for his (Aaron's) own sin offering
Take the 2 goats & present them before The Lord
Cast lots for the goats - one to be for the Lord, and the other as a Scapegoat
Offer the goat for The Lord, release the scapegoat into the desert.
Take a censer full of burning coals from the altar & 2 handfuls of incense, to take behind the curtain
Put the incense on the fire.
Take some of the bull's blood and put on his finger 7 times.
Slaughter the goat, take its blood behind the curtain.
Sprinkle the bull's blood on the atonement cover.
God is very particular about how He is to be approached. Sin is to be fully removed through substitution. Humans are to show their full penitence and remorse for their sin.
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