Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement is to be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the Lord. The golden altar is most holy — the highest category of holiness in the tabernacle. Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest applies the blood of the sin offering to the altar's horns. The altar of daily prayer receives annual blood atonement — even the instrument of prayer requires covering by the blood of atonement. Hebrews 9:21 says Moses sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies — the annual blood on the incense altar's horns is included in the comprehensive atonement that Hebrews identifies as the type of Christ's comprehensive atoning work.

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