“And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.”
Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household. The personal sin offering for Aaron and his household — the priestly family — precedes the community's offerings. The high priest who will make atonement for all Israel must first be atoned for himself and his household. The personal atonement that precedes the communal atonement is the foundational principle of the Day of Atonement: the mediator must be clean before he can clean others. Hebrews 7:26–27 contrasts the Aaronic high priest who must first offer for his own sins with Jesus who is holy, blameless, and pure and does not need to offer for himself.
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