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A plain white-linen priest tends prepared pale fat portions burning over wood on the broad bronze lattice altar. The ordinary worshipper stands several paces away with head bowed and hands open in quiet relief. A shallow bronze bowl rests at the altar base, with only a restrained dark trace. No animal body, no visible deity; warm late-afternoon light closes the chapter.
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Leviticus 4:34-35

He shall be forgiven

Sin Offerings for Priests and People · Leviticus 4

Story guide: A plain white-linen priest tends prepared pale fat portions burning over wood on the broad bronze lattice altar. The ordinary worshipper stands several paces away with head bowed and hands open in quiet relief. A shallow bronze bowl rests at the altar base, with only a restrained dark trace. No animal body, no visible deity; warm late-afternoon light closes the chapter.

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34Then 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 he shall pour out all its blood at the base of the altar.

35And he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the food offerings of Yahweh. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the sin that he committed, and he shall be forgiven.

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