Observe the solemn injunction respecting the blood. No doubt in honour to the blood of CHRIST, by which alone atonement is made for sin. And through the whole Levitical dispensation this is strictly attended to. Genesis 9:4; 1 Samuel 14:32-34;, compared with Ephesians 1:7. Hence the heathen worship is so spoken of, Psalms 16:4; Luke 13:1
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MY soul! I would charge it upon thee to behold in these scriptures, how great stress is continually laid upon the priest's putting his hands upon the head of the beast offered in sacrifice. As if, that it might be suitably impressed upon the minds of the people, the pleasure JEHOVAH had in this shadowy transfer of sin, from his people to the sacrifice. Oh! most holy blessed GOD and FATHER, how gracious was it in thee thus to silence all the fears and apprehensions of thy people, of the right and justice of the thing itself, by thus repeatedly manifesting that it was from thine own appointment. Yes, blessed GOD! though it be not in the power of any man to transfer his sin to another, yet it is not beyond thy right and prerogative as GOD. And since the glory of thy holy law, by the obedience and sacrifice of thy dear SON, is so abundantly secured and glorified; now may every poor sinner take comfort in the assurance, that GOD can be just and the justifier of him that believeth in JESUS.
How sweet is it to behold, in every ordinance, and under every sacrifice, the leading features of him, who in his one sacrifice, once offered, hath forever perfected them that are sanctified! Blessed JESUS! be thou my peace-offering for thou hast made my peace in the blood of thy cross. Oh! grant me grace to rest my soul, as the priest rested his hand on the devoted sacrifice, on thy precious merits, blood, and righteousness. And may my soul be so thoroughly satisfied with this complete redemption of thine, that I may seek no other. May I know, by heartfelt experience, under the teaching, and application of GOD the HOLY GHOST, that there is salvation in no other; neither is there any other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved.