Date: March 11, 2020
Source: Bible New International Version
Leviticus 4 , Verse 13-21
The Sin Offering
13 “‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt 14 and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting. 15 The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord. 16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting. 17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain. 18 He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar, 20 and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven. 21 Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.
My point of view about above verses
If whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden by God and are unaware of the matter but later they realized of their guilt – the assembly has to offer a bull as sin offering for the sin they committed. The elders of the community are to lay their hand on bull head and shall be slaughtered before the Lord. Then the anointed Priest has to dip his finger in blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the curtain of sanctuary, Priest has to put some of the blood on the horns of alter of fragrant incense. The rest of bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the alter of burnt offering. He shall remove all the fat which is connected to internal organs along the kidneys and liver to be burned on alter by priest and rest of the bull he must take outside the camp but at a clean place – where the ashes are and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap. In this way priest will make atonement for the community and the community will be forgiven
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