Leviticus Chapter 4
Chapter 4 describes the fourth offering. It was called the Sin Offering.
Notice the instructions, this offering was to cover sins committed "unknowingly
or unwittingly (not done on purpose)". Four examples of such sins are given:
- An Anointed Priest. If a Priest sins unwittingly, it brings the
guilt upon all the people. His sacrifice must be a young bull
without blemish and the Priest shall lay his hand upon the head of
the bull and kill it at the door of the Tabernacle.
- The Whole Congregation. If the congregation sins unwittingly, and
it is found out, the sacrifice must be a young bull without blemish
and the Elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the
bulls head as the Priest kills it at the door of the Tabernacle.
In both of these cases, the blood was to be sprinkled 7 times before the
Lord in front of the "veil" of the Sanctuary, and some put upon the horns of
the Altar of Incense for a burnt sacrifice. The same "inner parts" as before
with their fat shall be burned as a burnt offering, and the remainder shall be
carried outside the camp and burned.
- A Ruler. If a Ruler sins unwittingly, he must sacrifice a male goat
without blemish, killed as was the bull in No.1 with the blood put
upon the horns of the Altar for a burnt offering and the rest poured
around its base. The fat and inner parts shall be burnt as a sin
offering.
- A Common Person. If an ordinary person sins unwittingly, he must
sacrifice a female goat or lamb without blemish. It would be killed
and offered as the one for the Ruler.
These four sacrifices would make atonement for the sins they had committed
unwittingly.
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