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Sin Offering

The sin offering was a sacrificial system in the Old Testament designed to atone for unintentional sins and ceremonial defilement, pointing ultimately to Christ's sacrifice. It required the shedding of blood and demonstrated the serious nature of sin and God's provision for forgiveness.

Overview

The sin offering was central to Israel's sacrificial system, prescribed in Leviticus 4 for those who sinned unintentionally against God's commandments. The specific animal required depended on the offerer's status: a bull for priests or the congregation, a goat for leaders, and a lamb or dove for common people. The priest would sprinkle blood on the altar and burn the fat portions, making atonement for the sin.

Key Scriptures

"If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed" (Leviticus 4:3, NIV).

"Then he slaughtered the goat for the sin offering for the people and brought its blood inside the curtain and did with it as he had done with the bull's blood" (Leviticus 16:15, NIV).

"The sin offering and the guilt offering belong to the priest who makes atonement with them" (Leviticus 10:17, ESV).

Application

Recognize that Christ became our ultimate sin offering, satisfying God's justice and providing complete forgiveness through His blood shed on the cross.

✦ Scripture References 40 references
Leviticus 4:28 Leviticus 4:32 Leviticus 4:23 Leviticus 4:3 Leviticus 9:2 Leviticus 9:8 Leviticus 16:3 Leviticus 16:6 Leviticus 4:14 Leviticus 16:9 2 Chronicles 29:23 Leviticus 10:16 Leviticus 10:17 Leviticus 10:18 Leviticus 9:9 Leviticus 9:15 Numbers 8:8 Exodus 29:10 Exodus 29:14 Leviticus 8:14 Numbers 6:14 Leviticus 4:8 Leviticus 4:9 Leviticus 4:10 Leviticus 4:19 Leviticus 4:26 Leviticus 4:31 Leviticus 9:10 Leviticus 4:25 Leviticus 4:30 Leviticus 4:5 Leviticus 4:16 Leviticus 4:6 Leviticus 4:17 Leviticus 4:2 Leviticus 4:13 Leviticus 4:22 Leviticus 4:27 Leviticus 6:27 Leviticus 4:7
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 70 verses
A female kid or female lamb for a private person
Leviticus 4:28 Leviticus 4:32
A male kid for a ruler
Leviticus 4:23
A young bullock for priests
Leviticus 4:3 Leviticus 9:2 Leviticus 9:8 Leviticus 16:3 Leviticus 16:6
A young bullock or he-goat for the congregation
2 Chronicles 29:23 Leviticus 4:14 Leviticus 16:9
Aaron, &c rebuked for burning and not eating that of the congregation, its blood not having been brought into the> tabernacle
Leviticus 9:9 Leviticus 9:15 Leviticus 10:16 Leviticus 10:17 Leviticus 10:18
At the consecration of Levites
Numbers 8:8
At the consecration of priests
Exodus 29:10 Exodus 29:14 Leviticus 8:14
At the expiration of a Nazarite's vow
Numbers 6:14
Fat of the inside, kidneys, burned on the altar of burnt offering
Leviticus 4:8 Leviticus 4:9 Leviticus 4:10 Leviticus 4:19 Leviticus 4:26 Leviticus 4:31 Leviticus 9:10
For a priest of for the congregation, put upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering by the priest with his finger
Leviticus 4:25 Leviticus 4:30
For a priest or for the congregation, brought by the priest into the tabernacle
Leviticus 4:5 Leviticus 4:16
For a priest or for the congregation, sprinkled seven times before the Lord, outside the vail, by the priest with his finger
Leviticus 4:6 Leviticus 4:17
For sins of ignorance
Leviticus 4:2 Leviticus 4:13 Leviticus 4:22 Leviticus 4:27
Garments sprinkled with the blood of, to be washed
Leviticus 6:27
In every case poured at the foot of the altar of burnt offering
Leviticus 4:7 Leviticus 9:9 Leviticus 18:25 Leviticus 18:30
Laws respecting the vessels used for boiling the flesh of
Leviticus 6:28
On the day of atonement
Leviticus 16:3 Leviticus 16:9
Probable origin of
Genesis 4:4 Genesis 4:7
Sins of the offerer transferred to, by imposition of hands
2 Chronicles 29:23 Leviticus 4:4 Leviticus 4:15 Leviticus 4:24 Leviticus 4:29
Was a most holy sacrifice
Leviticus 6:25 Leviticus 6:29
Was eaten by the priests in a holy place, when its blood had not been brought into the tabernacle
Leviticus 6:26 Leviticus 6:29 Leviticus 6:30
Was killed in the same place as the burnt-offering
Leviticus 4:24 Leviticus 6:25
Was typical of Christ's sacrifice
2 Corinthians 5:21 Hebrews 13:11 Hebrews 13:12 Hebrews 13:13
Whatever touched the flesh of, was rendered holy
Leviticus 6:27
When for a priest or the congregation, the skin, carcass, burned without the camp
Leviticus 4:11 Leviticus 4:12 Leviticus 4:21 Leviticus 6:30 Leviticus 9:11
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