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No sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire.
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A Hierarchy of Offerings
Commentators explain that this verse creates a crucial distinction. While priests could eat the meat from sin offerings for individuals, they were forbidden from eating offerings for the high priest or the entire nation. For these more serious sins, where blood was brought into the sanctuary, the animal's body had to be completely burned, signifying a higher level of atonement.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To reconcile, also generally rendered “to make atonement for.”
The holy place — The outer apartment of the tabernacle. See the Levitic…
19th Century
Anglican
And no sin offering, of which ... — Better, but no sin offering, etc. The rule stated in the preceding verse applies only…
16th Century
Protestant
And no sin-offering. The exception is repeated with reference both to the sacrifices mentioned in the fourth chapter and to the solemn sac…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And no sin [offering], whereof [any] of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to …
The blood of the sin-offering was to be washed out of the clothes on which it happened to be sprinkled. This signified the regard we should have fo…
