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Priest: (The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): On the Day of Atonement

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Exodus 30:10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
Leviticus 16:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
Hebrews 5:3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 9:7, 22, 23 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. / According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. / So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.