of the inner court and on the four corners of the settle of the altar; also on the seventh day (
Ö
first day of seventh month)
Ez 45:17
,
19
(
cf.
v
1
8,
20
). On 14th day of first month the prince was to offer a bullock for himself and the people and on each of the 7 days of the Passover week a
שׂעיר עזים
Ez 45:2
2,
23
. When a priest entered the sanctuary to minister after his cleansing he was to offer his sin- offering
Ez 44:27
.
P
gives several grades:
a.
a ruler should offer a he-goat
Lv 4:24
,
25 Nu 7:1
6,
22
,
28
,
34
,
40
,
46
,
52
,
58
,
64
,
70
,
76
,
82
,
87
; an ordinary person a she-goat
Lv 4:29
(
cf.
v
2
8)
5:6 Nu 15:2
7, ewe lamb
Lv 4:32
,
33
(×2),
34
;
14:19 Nu 6:14
,
16
, a turtle dove or young pigeon
Lv 5:7
,
8
,
9
(×2);
12:6
,
8
;
14:22
,
31
;
15:15
,
30 Nu 6:1
1, or one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour
Lv 5:11
(×2),
12
; according to ability of the person, and nature of offence. The victim was brought unto the tent of meeting, the hands of the offerer laid on its head, it was slaughtered by the offerer, the priest took some of the blood and put it on horns of altar of burnt- offering and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of it, to cover over the sin, or cleanse the altar from the sin defiling it. All the fat pieces (
cf.
Lv 4:22–3
5) and a handful of the flour (
cf.
Lv 5:1
2) were burned on altar. The rest of the flesh and the flour were eaten by priests in court of Holy place
Lv 5:13
;
6:10
,
18
(×2),
23
(
cf.
v
1
1,
19
),
7:7
;
10:16
,
17
,
19
(×2);
14:13 Nu 18:
9.
b.
a bullock was offered for priests
Ex 29:14
,
36 Lv 4:
3,
8
,
20
;
8:2
,
14
(×2);
9:2
,
7
,
8
,
10
; for Levites at their installation
Nu 8:3
,
12
and for whole congregation
Lv 4:14
,
21
; but usually offering for congregation was he-goat
Nu 15:24
,
25
, especially at dedication of altar
Lv 9:3
,
15
,
22
, and in ritual of feasts
Nu 28:15
,
22
,
30
;
29:5
,
11
,
16
,
19
,
22
,
25
,
28
,
31
,
34
,
38
. Before consecr. of tabernacle the blood went to altar of burnt- offering (
Lv 9:9
), but subsequ. some of it was sprinkled seven times before the vail and some of it put on horns of altar of incense to cleanse this higher altar; the fat pieces were burned on altar of burnt-offering, and the rest of the victim burned without the camp (
Lv 4:3–21
;
6:23
;
8:16
,
17
;
9:10
,
11
).
c.
on day of atonement, sin-offering for high priest was a bullock
Lv 16:3
,
6
; and for congregation two he- goats, one
לַעֲזָאזֵל
(
v.
עזאזל
)
Lv 16:5
(
cf.
v
8,
10
,
20–22
), the other for sacrifice
ליהוה
Lv 16:9
(
cf.
v
8). Some of the blood of Aaron’s bullock was first taken into innermost sanctuary and sprinkled on the
כפרת
and seven times before it; so also blood of the he-goat
Lv 16:11
(×2),
15
(
cf.
v
12–1
4,
16
,
17
) to cleanse highest altar: then the blood of the two victims was applied to lower altars as in
a
and
b
and so sin was covered over at the three altars
Ex 30:10
(
cf.
Lv 16:16–1
9). The fat pieces went to altar of burnt-offering and the rest of the victims was burnt without the camp
Lv 16:25
,
27
(×2). (Sins which might be covered over were
ÖÑ Greek version of the LXX. v verse.