for the holy place] The holy place was to be purged from the pollution of the people, though they came not into it; because they had their part or interest in the services there performed, which though offered unto God, by the Priest were most of thēpresented as from, and for the people; Wherein appeareth the extreme pollution of sinne like that of leprosie, Chap. 13. which tainteth not onely the persons of sinners, but places also whereto they have a reference, though it be not immediate.