Levítico 16:17

17 Y ningún hombre estará en el tabernáculo del testimonio cuando él entrare a hacer la reconciliación en el santuario, hasta que él salga, y haya hecho la reconciliación por sí, y por su casa, y por toda la congregación de Israel

Levítico 16:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 16:17

And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the
congregation
Not any of the priests, as Aben Ezra, no, not in the holy place where they ministered, nor in the court of the tabernacle, nor in any of the courts, nor indeed any of the people: all places were cleared

when he,
the high priest,

goeth in to make an atonement in the holy [place] until he come out;
this in the mystery of it was to signify, that atonement for sin is made only by Christ our high priest; he himself, and no other, bore our sins, and he himself purged them away, or by his sacrifice alone expiated them; his own arm wrought salvation, and of the people there were none with him to help and assist him; when he the Shepherd was smitten by the sword of justice, the sheep were scattered, all his disciples forsook him and fled; there were none to appear for him, or stand by him, or in the least to lend an assisting hand in the great work in which he was engaged; he is the only Mediator, between God and man, both of redemption and of intercession; he is the alone Saviour, to him only are sinners to look for salvation, and he is to have all the glory; he had no partner in the work, and he will have no rival in the honour of it:

and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household;
his whole family, and all the priests, by the bullock of his sin offering, as Aben Ezra observes, and by carrying in the blood of it within the vail, and sprinkling it there:

and for all the congregation of Israel;
by the goat of their sin offering, as the same writer notes, and doing with the blood of that as with the blood of the bullock; all typical of the atonement of Christ for his mystical self the church; for the whole family and household of God; for the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.

Levítico 16:17 In-Context

15 Después degollará el macho cabrío del pecado del pueblo y meterá la sangre de él del velo adentro; y hará de su sangre, como hizo de la sangre del novillo, y esparcirá sobre el asiento de la reconciliación y delante del asiento de la reconciliación

16 y limpiará el santuario, de las inmundicias de los hijos de Israel, y de sus rebeliones, y de todos sus pecados: de la misma manera hará también al tabernáculo del testimonio, el cual mora entre ellos, en medio de sus inmundicias

17 Y ningún hombre estará en el tabernáculo del testimonio cuando él entrare a hacer la reconciliación en el santuario, hasta que él salga, y haya hecho la reconciliación por sí, y por su casa, y por toda la congregación de Israel

18 Y saldrá al altar que está delante del SEÑOR, y lo reconciliará; y tomará de la sangre del novillo, y de la sangre del macho cabrío, y pondrá sobre los cuernos del altar alrededor

19 Y esparcirá sobre él de la sangre con su dedo siete veces, y lo limpiará, y lo santificará de las inmundicias de los hijos de Israel