At this point Leviticus 16 must be considered, for it gives an account of the ritual performed in the tabernacle/temple each year at Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) by the high priest. Although details of the ritual are greatly multiplied in the Mishnah,53 which represents the period of the New Testament and later, the ritual is rather concisely presented in Leviticus.54 Even though the efficacy of the ritual was dependent upon the genuineness
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