If they bring a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect. The alternative for the individual's sin offering: instead of a female goat, a female lamb. Both are acceptable; both must be without defect. The provision of two options for the individual's sin offering — female goat or female lamb — provides additional flexibility within the graduated system. The individual who has a lamb rather than a goat, or who prefers one over the other, can bring either. The covenant's flexibility in form is matched by its inflexibility in standard: whichever animal is brought, it must be without defect.

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