Leviticus 4:27 says, And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Common people would be those who were not rulers of the nation, and would be most of the people. This again was referring to inadvertent sin that the person became aware that they had committed, I believe, otherwise if they didn't become aware that they had committed the sin inadvertently they would not know they needed to repent. Verse twenty-eight adds, Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. Once the person became aware of his sin, then he was to bring a sacrifice to God for it. The common man could bring a female kid of a goat for his sacrifice. If we become aware of some inadvertent sin, we cannot just ignore it because we were unaware that we were sinning at the time. All sin must be atoned for. Also, though this refers to the man, we need to realize that it applies to women as well. Though Christ died for all sins for all time, we must still acknowledge them if we commit them, even inadvertently, and ask His forgiveness. Verse twenty-nine continues, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. Verse thirty states, And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. Then verse thirty-one adds, And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. Once more, the person who brought the sacrifice was to place his hands on the head and kill it, then the priest was to spread the blood and deal with the details of the rest of the disposition of the sacrifice. We today bring ourselves to Christ and put our lives in His hands by faith, and He becomes the sacrifice, based totally on God's plan. Faith in Christ brings us total forgiveness. Verse thirty-two continues, And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. There was also a provision for a lamb to be brought, also a female. Today, we know that these sacrifices were only symbolic of the time when Christ would come and become the sacrifice for all sin. Verse thirty-three says, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. Verse thirty-four adds, And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: Then verse thirty-five concludes, And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. The sacrifice may have been different, but the details of the sacrifice were the same. We are all different people when we come to Christ in faith, but the sacrifice is the same for all, and that is that Jesus Christ died for all our sins for all time.
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