“Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: it is a sin offering.”
They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering. The memorial portion of the sin offering grain — a handful burned on the altar — follows the same pattern as the standard grain offering of Leviticus 2, but the purpose is different: this is atonement, not devotion. The handful that represents the whole is burned as the memorial portion in the same way for the sin offering as for the grain offering, communicating that even the most economically humble offering follows the same liturgical pattern as the most elaborate. The pattern is consistent; the resources vary.
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