A bit of Old Testament History:
The Jewish nation had a temple. This temple had an inner part called the Holy of Holies. No one was to enter this part of the temple, except one day per year: The Day of Atonement. This was the day that the High Priest would enter into the Holy of Holies to present a sacrifice to the Lord. This sacrifice was to atone (cleanse) the sins of the entire Jewish nation.
"To the high priest alone it was permitted to enter the holy of holies, which he did only once a year, on the great Day of Atonement, for "the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest" (Hebrews 9; 10). Wearing his gorgeous priestly vestments, he entered the temple before all the people, and then, laying them aside and assuming only his linen garments in secret, he entered the Holy of Holies alone, and made expiation, sprinkling the blood of the sin offering on the mercy seat, and offering up incense. Then resuming his splendid robes, he reappeared before the people
(Lev. 16)." (christiananswers.net)
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