“If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.”
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. The anointed priest — the high priest — faces the most stringent sin offering requirement: a young bull, the most costly of the sin offering animals. The high priest's sin is not only personal but communal: bringing guilt on the people. The leader's failure affects the community he represents before God. 1 Timothy 3:2 says an overseer must be above reproach — the high priest's elevated accountability in Leviticus 4 is the foundation for the New Testament's elevated standards for those who lead God's people.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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