Two Male Goats For A Sin Offering

Leviticus 16:3-5 – But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on. And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

Exodus 29:4 – You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Hebrews 10:19-22 – Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Leviticus 4:2-3,5-6 –  “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them, if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering…And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary.

Application:

• ·         Wash them with water was symbolizing the removal of ceremonial uncleanness and thus signifying the purity that must characterize them.
• ·         One of the conditions given for drawing near to God: is bodies washed with pure water, which is not an external ceremony such as baptism but a figure for inner cleansing, of which the washing of the priests under the old covenant was a symbol.
• ·         No single offering could fully typify the atonement of Christ.
• ·         The final perfect sacrifice for the sins of God’s people was the crucified Christ, who was without any moral defect.
• ·         The sin offering brought by a private person was to be a female goat or lamb. By bringing such a sin offering, a faithful Israelite under conviction of sin sought restoration of fellowship with God.
• ·         Before Aaron could minister in the Most Holy Place for the nation, he himself had to be cleansed; no so Christ, who is our high priest and Aaron’s antitype.