“And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The blood application to the incense altar's horns and the pouring at the base of the burnt offering altar repeats exactly the pattern of verse 7. The blood of the community sin offering cleanses the same sacred spaces as the blood of the high priest's sin offering. The dual application — Holy Place altar and courtyard altar — addresses both the innermost priestly space and the community's worship space, comprehensively covering what the community's sin has potentially contaminated.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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