Leviticus 16
Yom Kipur (the day of atenement)
is set up in this chapter.
Basically once a year nobody is
to do any work and the priest makes an offering to atone for the sins of the
people (and the priest) they also re-consecrate the alters, and it is the one
day in the year that anybody (The high priest) is allowed into the most holy part of the temple
or tabernacle.
Another thing in this chapter is
the origin of the scapegoat – in the ritual the priests lay hands on a goat and
confess all the sins of the people. The goat Is then taken out to the
wilderness and released carrying all the sins of the people with it.
It is interesting that nobody is
allowed to work this day – even slaves and foreigners.
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