“And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.”
They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The chapter closes with the atonement and forgiveness formula for the fourth time. The graduated sin offering system — from the high priest's bull to the individual's female lamb — has been comprehensively established. Every level of the covenant community has access to atonement and forgiveness through the priestly mediation of the sin offering. The repetition of the forgiveness outcome four times communicates the consistent character of God: the priest makes atonement, and they will be forgiven. This is what the sin offering does.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!