NKJV 365 Day Reading PlanSample

God explains the nature of the Day of Atonement as far as the people are concerned. On the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), six months after the Passover celebration, the Israelites were to observe a solemn ceremony in which sins of accident or omission were removed from the nation. Ordinary work was prohibited, and the people were required to humble themselves, perhaps by fasting. The sacrificial ritual at which Aaron was High Priest officiated is described in Leviticus 17. A bullock and a goat were offered as sacrifices, and their blood sprinkled ceremonially on the mercy seat and the projections of the golden altar of incense. The observance was marked by considerable tension in the congregation since Moses would be struck dead if the ritual procedures undertaken in the Most Holy Place were not followed according to God’s instructions. All this ceremony points us to the majestic and righteous God who wants us to enjoy His fellowship through the cleansing of sin.

Taken from The Devotional Daily Bible