📖 Biblical Definition
The Day of Atonement (Hebrew Yom Kippur) was the annual high holy day on the tenth of the seventh month — the one day each year when the high priest entered the Holy of Holies with sacrificial blood for the sins of the nation (Leviticus 16). He offered a bull for himself and his house, then a goat for the people; a second goat — the scapegoat — was sent into the wilderness bearing the people’s sins. The book of Hebrews makes the typology explicit: Christ is the better high priest who has entered once for all into the true holy place "by his own blood", securing eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:7-14, 24-28; 10:1-14). The yearly shadow has been fulfilled in the once-for-all substance.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Israel's annual day of national atonement.
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The annual day on the tenth of the seventh month (Tishri) when the high priest, after elaborate purifications, entered the Holy of Holies with the blood of bull and goat to make atonement for himself and the people; the scapegoat carried away their sins.
📖 Key Scripture
Leviticus 16:30 — "For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD."
Hebrews 9:7 — "But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood."
Hebrews 9:12 — "By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Treated as ancient ritual; missing how Hebrews makes it the controlling type for Christ's once-for-all atonement.
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Yom Kippur happens annually because it is provisional. Hebrews argues: every annual repetition proves the sacrifices cannot finally remove sin. Christ enters once, with His own blood, into the true Holy of Holies, and obtains eternal redemption.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew Yom Kippur.
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['Hebrew', 'H3117', 'yom', 'day']
['Hebrew', 'H3725', 'kippur', 'atonement, covering']
Usage
"Yom Kippur points to Christ's once-for-all atonement."
"Read Leviticus 16 alongside Hebrews 9-10."