Leviticus 16:14 Commentary - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(14) And he shall take of the blood.—Having left the Holy place and returned to the court, where the priest stood with the bowl of the blood of the bullock, stirring it, to prevent it coagulating (see Lev. 16:11), the high priest took it, and went back to the Holy of Holies, to the same place where he stood on his first entry.
Sprinkle it with his finger.—During the second Temple the high priest sprinkled the blood once upwards and seven times downwards, in such a manner that the eight sprinklings formed a continuous line on the ground. As he sprinkled he was obliged to count one, two, three, &c, lest he should make a mistake.
Consult other comments:
Leviticus 16:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Leviticus 16:14 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Leviticus 16:14 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 16:14 - Geneva Bible Notes
Leviticus 16:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Leviticus 16:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 16:14 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Leviticus 16:14 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Leviticus 16:14 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 16:14 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Leviticus 16:14 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Charles John Ellicott (1819 - 1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter, then Bishop of the united see of Gloucester and Bristol.
His works include:
- An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1897. (Editor)
- A New Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1878.