Leviticus 16:34

34 And this shall be an ordinance for ever, that you pray for the children of Israel, and for all their sins once a year. He did therefore as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 16:34 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 16:34

And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you
Which is the third time of its being observed, see ( Leviticus 16:29 Leviticus 16:31 ) , to show that this was a law of considerable moment, and to be taken notice of, and strictly and closely kept by the priests, to whom these words are directed, and on whom the chief service of the day lay: to make atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a
year;
namely, on the tenth day of the seventh month, or Tisri, as before directed: and he did as the Lord commanded Moses;
that is, Aaron did, as the Targum of Jonathan, Aben Ezra, and Ben Gersom supply it; when the day of atonement came, as Jarchi expresses it, he did according to this order, to fulfil the decree of the king, even the King of kings; whose will it was that such a day should be yearly observed, and such and such rules performed in it; so very significant of Christ, and of the atonement to be made by him, and which has been made.

Leviticus 16:34 In-Context

32 And the priest that is anointed, and whose hands are consecrated to do the office of the priesthood in his father’s stead, shall make atonement. And he shall be vested with the linen robe and the holy vestments.

33 And he shall expiate the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar: the priest also and all the people.

34 And this shall be an ordinance for ever, that you pray for the children of Israel, and for all their sins once a year. He did therefore as the Lord had commanded Moses.