“Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:”
When he is made aware of the sin he committed, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect. The awareness trigger is the same for the leader as for the community: when he is made aware, he is obligated to act. The male goat without defect is the leader's sin offering animal — more costly than the individual's female goat or female lamb, reflecting the greater accountability of the leader. The consistent without defect requirement across all the sin offering animals communicates the consistent standard of what is acceptable before God: regardless of the offering's cost, the quality is non-negotiable.
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