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"It is impossible to separate in any case the imposition
of hands on the head of the victim, from the expression and
transference of guilt. The specific service the blood had
to render in all the sacrifices was to be an atonement for
the sinner's guilt upon the altar; and the imposition of
the offerer's hands was the expression of his desire,
through the offering, to find deliverance from the burden
of his iniquity, and acceptance with God. p. 88, Para. 2,
[LOOKING].
(1) Cave. p. 88, Para. 3, [LOOKING].
We learn from Jewish sources that the imposition of hands
was always accompanied with confession of sin. And in the
only explanation which Moses himself has given of the meaning
of the rite, -- as connected with the service of the
day of atonement, -- it is represented as being accompanied
not only with confession of sin, but also with the transference
of its guilt to the body of the victim: 'Aaron
shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of
Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins,
putting them upon the head of the goat.'" (1) p. 88, Para.
4, [LOOKING].
(1) Patrick Fairbairn, D.D. p. 88, Para. 5, [LOOKING].
By the act of placing the hands on the offering, and making
confession, the sin of the penitent was considered as
transferred to the victim; and the remainder of the ceremony
was performed on that supposition:-- p. 89, Para. 1,
[LOOKING].
"The solemn rite of imposition could mean nothing if it
did not mean the transfer of the offerer's guilt to a substituted
victim. The sacrifices, then, continually kept before
the minds of the people the necessity of expiation,
and the only way in which it could be wrought, -- by the
sacrifice of life for life." (2) p. 89, Para. 2, [LOOK-
ING].
This idea of the transfer of the guilt of sin to the victim
which was then to be treated as the sinner, should be
carefully noted. As Mr. Alexander says, If the ceremony did
not mean that, it meant nothing. This supposition lay at
the foundation of the whole sanctuary service; and if noth-