The institution of the yearly day of atonement for the whole nation. The whole service is committed to the high-priest, who is,

1. Then only to come into the holy of holies, in his linen garments with a young bullock, ver. 1-4.

2. To offer a goat, and a bullock for a sin-offering, ver. 5-13.

3. To sprinkle the blood before the mercy seat, and upon the altar, ver. 13-19.

4. To confess over the scape-goat, the sins of the people, and then send him into the wilderness, ver. 20-23.

5. To offer the burnt-offerings, ver. 24-28. And,

6. To appoint this day to be a solemn fast, by a statute forever, ver. 29-34.