Lev 16:16 | MHM | STEP | v. 16 : The high priest also sprinkled the blood in the outer part of the tabernacle, where the table and incense altar were. He did this eight times with each animal’s blood. This was necessary because the tabernacle stayed in the middle of a sinful people and so needed to be cleansed regularly. It also showed that even the people’s worship and religious acts needed God’s forgiveness ( v. 16 ).

‏ Leviticus 16:16

v. 16: The high priest also sprinkled the blood in the outer part of the tabernacle, where the table and incense altar were. He did this eight times with each animal’s blood. This was necessary because the tabernacle stayed in the middle of a sinful people and so needed to be cleansed regularly. It also showed that even the people’s worship and religious acts needed God’s forgiveness (v. 16 ^a).