These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy. The guilt offering — asham — shares the most holy designation with the sin offering. The priestly regulations for the guilt offering follow the pattern established for the sin offering: slaughter in the designated location, blood applied by the priests, fat burned on the altar, priestly portions eaten in the courtyard. The most holy status of the guilt offering communicates that the offering which addresses the reparation of sacred and interpersonal violations is as weighty before God as the offering that addresses direct personal sin.

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