Surely, the Lord looks upon the sin of the individual, those
who are called to be His ministers, and indeed the sin of a whole nation. That is how it was in the beginning and that’s
how it still is now. No sin is
overlooked; no sin against the statutes, ordinances and commandments of the
Lord God can be excused without the covering as of old by the blood of animals,
and now by the blood of Christ.
Accordingly,
the Lord made provision for the atonement of individual sin, sin of the
anointed priests as well as sin of the whole congregation. Therefore the Lord
said, “if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing
be hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have gone against any of the
commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are
guilty, then when the sin becomes known,
the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring it before
the tabernacle of the congregation .
And the
elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the animal
before the congregation, and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. And
the priest who is anointed shall bring the blood of the bullock to the
tabernacle of the congregation and dip his finger in some of the blood and
sprinkle it seven times before the veil of the altar. He shall put some of the
blood upon the horns of the altar; and he shall sprinkle some of the blood at
the base of the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation;
then shall he take all the fat of the animal and burn it upon the altar. And
thus shall the priest make an atonement for the sin of the congregation as for
a sin offering, and their sin shall be forgiven them. And the carcass of the animal
is then taken outside the camp as per the sin offering and burnt there.
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