The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar. The guilt offering shares the slaughter location and blood application of the burnt offering — at the north side of the altar, with blood splashed against the altar's sides. The consistent blood application across the burnt offering and the guilt offering communicates the consistent principle: whatever the specific occasion of the offering, the blood that represents the life given is applied to the altar that represents the presence of God. The blood is always brought to God; the specific purpose of the bringing varies.

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