“And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.”
In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering. The atonement and forgiveness formula closes the flour sin offering with the same outcome as every other category. The rest of the sin offering grain goes to the priests, as with the standard grain offering. The comprehensive system — bull, goat, lamb, birds, flour — ensures that every level of economic circumstance within the covenant community has access to the same forgiveness. The God who forgives extends the provision for forgiveness to the very poorest person in the community. The graduated scale is the covenant's compassion institutionalized.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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