22 “‘When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt 23 and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect. 24 He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord. It is a sin offering. 25 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 26 He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
27 “‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt 28 and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect. 29 They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. 30 Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 31 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.
32 “‘If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect. 33 They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 34 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 35 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
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Ok, I'll finish my English Meddling work, and let me start meditating from now on. As we keep reading the process of offerings such as sin offering and fellowship offering, etc. The interesting thing I see here is that there is no exception on these offerings, I mean, even priests do the same kinds of offerings, but bigger that the other members of the community should be slaughtered.
When I was young, I visited my grandmother's house in the country and I heard of a pig screaming before being slaughtered by any men. It was a terrible sound to me, so I just peeked out of the window, but I couldn't watch it longer because the pig hanged around a rope by men looked so painful. I couldn't forget the scene and the sound of the pain. At that moment, I acknowledged that animals also feel the pain a lot like human beings, and when I see my dog, so does she.
I watched a woman who was in bandages in Ukraine, after having been bombarded on her apartment, and I felt sorry for her and more people who are suffering from the kinds of pains. How could a war happen in this modern world, though we know well of the history of the war and the results of it. Stop the war and do it any more! Likewise, the offering of animals must have been horrible with the blood and crying sound, like a war scene.
I thank Jesus for being the greatest and the holiest sacrifice for all human beings at once, so He became the King of peace. We don't have to kill animals just instead of our sins. Yet, many people do not know Him well and doubt and do not accept Him as the Savior of our sins. Then they will have to pay for their own sins some time later in Heaven. What an awful thing it is! I hope that they have an interest in it and know it for sure and be freed from the price for sins we commit every day intentionally or unintentionally.
