Substitution

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningExodus 28:38
• The offering for the offererLeviticus 1:4Leviticus 16:21Leviticus 16:22
• The Levites for the firstborn of the IsraelitesNumbers 3:12Numbers 3:41Numbers 3:45Numbers 8:18
• The life of Ahab in exchange for that of Ben-hadad1 Kings 20:42
• See Suffering, Vicarious

The passages, in Bible order (9)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 28:38

   And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 28:382 voices

   “Thro' him what is amiss in our services is pardoned: even this would be our ruin, if God should enter into judgment with us: but Christ our high priest bears this iniquity; bears it for us, so as to bear it from us. Thro' him likewise what is good is accepted; our persons, our performances are pleasing to God upon the account of Christ's intercession, and not otherwise.

   “And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead,.... That is, the plate of gold, with the inscription on it, holiness to the Lord, and so was very visible and legible.

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2. Leviticus 1:4

   He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 1:42 voices

   “As things most common, that men might never want a sacrifice when they needed, or God required it. A burnt sacrifice - Strictly so called, such as was to be all burnt, the skin excepted. For every sacrifice was burnt, more or less.

   “And although burnt-offerings were commonly offered by way of thanksgiving; yet they were sometimes offered by way of atonement for sin, that is, for sins in general, as appears from Job i, 5, but for particular sins there were special sacrifices.

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3. Leviticus 16:21

   Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 16:212 voices

   “All the iniquities - He mentions iniquities, transgressions, and sins, to note sins of all sorts, and that a free and full confession was to be made, and that the smallest sins needed, and the greatest sins were not excluded from, the benefit of Christ's death here represented.

   “And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat,....

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4. Leviticus 16:22

   The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.

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   “And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited,....

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5. Numbers 3:12

   “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

   ›Commentary on Numbers 3:122 voices

   “And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel,....

   “I have taken the Levites - instead of all the first-born - The Levites are taken for the service of the sanctuary in place of the first-born. The first-born were dedicated to God in commemoration of his slaying the first-born of the Egyptians, and preserving those of the Israelites. Even the cattle of the Levites were taken in place of the first-born of the cattle of the rest of the tribes. See Num 3:

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6. Numbers 3:41

   You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

   ›Commentary on Numbers 3:411 voice

   “And thou shall take the Levites for me,....

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7. Numbers 3:45

   “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

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   “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel,....

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8. Numbers 8:18

   But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 8:181 voice

   “And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. Gave up his right in the firstborn, and instead of them took the Levites for his use and service: see Num 3:12.

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9. 1 Kings 20:42

   And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 20:422 voices

   “In the course of these events Ahab's indulgence toward a man who was notoriously impious and an open and arrogant despiser of divine majesty fully deserved to be condemned, just as Saul's clemency toward the king of the Amalekites was reproached with good reason by …

   “And he said unto him, thus saith the Lord,....

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