The priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the person being cleansed from their uncleanness. After this, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering. The sin offering follows the guilt offering — the same sequence as in the priestly ordination (sin offering before burnt offering). The sin offering addresses the uncleanness directly; the burnt offering that follows expresses the total consecration of the restored person. The sequence guilt offering, sin offering, burnt offering communicates the theological progression: reparation of the sacred obligation (guilt offering), atonement for the uncleanness (sin offering), total consecration to God (burnt offering).

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