“And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:”
The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong' — the inclusion of resident aliens (gerim) in communal forgiveness again affirms the covenant's inclusive grace; all who dwell in Israel, all who constitute the covenant community, share in both transgression and exoneration.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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