“And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.”
He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites. The sevenfold blood-sprinkling on the burnt offering altar — the same thoroughness as the mercy seat application — consecrates the altar from the year's accumulated uncleanness. The cleansing and consecration of the altar communicates the Day of Atonement's comprehensive scope: from the innermost sanctuary (the mercy seat) to the outer altar (the burnt offering altar), every level of the sacred space is addressed.
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