The Sin Offering

 Leviticus 4:1-21

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. He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord.

He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,  both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys—  just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.

If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt.

The offering for unwitting sin: made in order to obtain forgiveness. The relationship between this and the guilt-offering is not clear. Generally speaking, the sin-offering seems to have referred to offences against God, and the guilt-offering to social offences. But even sin against others is seen as sin against God.

Why?

The Sin-offering is when the anointed priest sins unintentionally or the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally. Or the leader sins unintentionally. If it is intentionally sinning, then the Sin-offering is useless.

Both of them have to bring bull without defect as a sin offering.

For this sin is sever so the whole bull could not eat and have moved to the outside camp and burn up. It is mean the sin have to cut off and clean in all.

To be a priest of the Lord could not be bound with any sin.

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贖罪與贖愆祭都是罪祭。其他三者屬於馨香之祭，是神喜悅的，期待我們獻的。贖罪祭是平息神的怒氣，並不表示神高興。

這裏是祭司、會眾、民間長老，都是代表整個群體的犯罪。

誤犯：不小心的，不在乎、不理會，有別於故意抵擋神。我們知道，但是我們體貼肉體可犯的。有人說贖罪是對付罪性，贖愆祭對付罪行。這是錯的？這裏明明是罪行，不是罪性的問題。這不是供物，也不是禮物。血彈在、倒在祭壇（獻祭的地方，人與神交通）、香壇（人向神禱告的地方）、布幔（人與神之間最後的關卡），這三者都是進入神的道路。

腎臟：相當我們所說的心肝，內心最深處。代表我是從內心深處的悔改。

悔改的心要從內心的，要開往神那裏的路，是一條又新又活的路。

燒掉的全部在營外燒。耶穌基督被釘十架，罪在營外，在不潔淨的地方。神不再算舊帳。

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How?

Be Holy and keep away from any sin for we belong to the Lord, and God is Holy.