But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines. The portions of the sin offering bull that are not burned on the altar are listed: the hide, all the flesh, the head, legs, internal organs, and intestines. These portions — everything except the fat offered to God — are not eaten by the priests (unlike the grain offering and the fellowship offering's priestly portions) but are disposed of outside the camp. The sin offering for the high priest and for the community is the offering whose flesh no one eats, communicating the complete nature of its atonement function: this is not a shared meal but a disposal of what has been contaminated by sin.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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