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Yom Kippur's True Purpose
- Leviticus 16 details the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) ritual, focusing on purifying the sanctuary.
- This "reset" restored the tabernacle, priesthood, and people to ritual purity, like in Leviticus 8.
Protecting Sacred Space
- The Day of Atonement protects sacred space, as impurity threatened God's presence and the community.
- Later Judaism shifted the focus to personal atonement due to the temple's destruction.
Blood's Application
- The blood of sacrifices, applied to the sanctuary, not people, purified the space.
- Only Exodus 19 and 24 show blood applied to people, unlike Leviticus 16, which focuses on the sanctuary.