Slaughter it in the Lord's presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The slaughter of the sin offering bull at the tent of meeting's entrance establishes the geography of atonement: the entrance, the threshold between the outside world and the presence of God, is where sin is dealt with before approach. Every worshipper who approaches the tent of meeting approaches through the space where the sin offering was slaughtered. The physical geography of the tabernacle communicates the theological necessity of atonement before presence: sin must be addressed before the holy God can be approached.

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