“And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;”
If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord's commands, they are guilty. The fourth and final category of sin offering addresses the individual member of the community — anyone. The graduated system that began with the highest official (the high priest) and worked through the community and its leaders now reaches the individual. The anyone who sins unintentionally is every Israelite who inadvertently violates the covenant's requirements. The system is designed to reach every level of the community: no one is too high to need the sin offering, and no one is too low to have access to it.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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