They shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar. The fat removal and altar burning for the community sin offering follows the same pattern as all the previous sin offerings and fellowship offerings. The consistency is now complete: across the high priest's sin offering and the community's sin offering, the fat belongs to God and is burned on the altar. The offering that addresses sin does not diminish God's claim on the richest portions; if anything, it affirms it — even in the context of failure and atonement, the acknowledgment that all richness belongs to God is maintained.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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