“When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.”
When they become aware of the sin they committed, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it in front of the tent of meeting. Awareness triggers obligation: when the community becomes aware of what they have done, they are required to bring a sin offering. The movement from unawareness to awareness to action is the pattern of covenant repentance: the community that does not know cannot respond; the community that knows is responsible to act. The young bull — the same animal as the high priest's sin offering — communicates the equivalence of the communal and the priestly sin in terms of consequence and remedy. The community bears the same responsibility as its highest official.
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