The Two Goats
F. E. Clark. Leviticus 16:3-34 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.… The two goats really formed one and the same figure — one was slain and one was led off into the wilderness; but to typify that the figure was one, and the same, they must both be exactly alike, they must cost the same price, they must be bought at the same time; one was slain for sin, the other was led away far into the wilderness, bearing the sins of all the people laid upon His head. Our Lord, in His life and death, combined both these types. He was slain for sin and bears the sin away. There is one element of this ceremonial that we must carefully note. The idea of vicarious sacrifice is very prominent. This element must never be lost out of our doctrine of the atonement. An atonement without the sacrifice is no atonement. "According to the law I may almost say all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from the shedding of blood is no remission." Bring every beautiful thought and theory into the atonement that belongs there: the example, the upholding of law, the lustral effect on man's moral nature, are all there; but this is there too. Through the vicarious sacrifice of the God Man our sins are borne for ever away into the wilderness, and are remembered no more against us. (F. E. Clark.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. WEB: "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.