Leviticus 4:32

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²⁷And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD's commandments, he incurs guilt. ²⁸When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he is to bring a female goat without blemish as his offering for the sin that he has committed. ²⁹He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. ³⁰Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ³¹Then he shall remove all the fat just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. ³²If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he is to bring an unblemished female.³³And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. ³⁴Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. ³⁵And he is to remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

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a lamb: Leviticus 4:28, Leviticus 3:6, Leviticus 3:7, Leviticus 5:6, Exodus 12:3, Exodus 12:5, Isaiah 53:7, Luke 1:35, John 1:29, John 1:36, Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 1:18-20, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 5:9

without blemish: Leviticus 4:28, Ephesians 5:27, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:14 - it is a Leviticus 14:10 - ewe lamb Leviticus 22:19 - General Numbers 6:14 - one ewe

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering,.... As he might if he would; the Jews observe, that in all places a lamb is put before a goat, as being more excellent in its kind; but here it is mentioned after, which shows, they say, that they are equally alike p:

he shall bring it a female without blemish; typical of Christ the Lamb of God, without spot and without blemish, 1 Peter 1:19.

p T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 57. 2. & Ceritot, fol. 28. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lamb - A sheep. See Leviticus 3:7 note. Three points are to be observed in regard to the victims for sin-offerings.

(a) The common people had to offer a female, as the less valuable animaI; they might present either a sheep or a goat to suit their convenience:

(b) the rulers had always to offer a male-goat:

(c) the goat was preferred to the sheep, unlike the victim for a peace-offering or burnt-offering.

The sin-offerings were not accompanied by meat-offerings or drink-offerings. See Numbers 15:3-11.