Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. A bull as sin offering every day for seven days — the altar itself requires daily atonement throughout the ordination week. The altar that will receive all subsequent offerings must itself be made holy through repeated atonement. The principle of daily atonement for the altar before any other sacrifice is placed on it communicates the holiness required of the place where God receives worship. Hebrews 9:23 says the copies of the heavenly things must be purified with these sacrifices — the purification of the earthly altar is the purification required before the earthly sanctuary can function as a copy of the heavenly.

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