Sin-offering: (Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in (Leviticus 4:1-35;5:1-19;6:1-13;9:7-11,22-24;12:6-8;15:2,14,25-30;14:19,31)
(Numbers 6:10-14) On the
day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity
(Leviticus 16:5,11,15)
The blood was then carried into the holy of holies and sprinkled on
the mercy-seat. Sin-offerings were also presented at the five annual
festivals
(Numbers 29:5) and on the occasion of the consecration of the
priests
(Exodus 29:10-14,36) As each individual, even the most private
member of the congregation, as well as the congregation at large, and
the high priest, was obliged, on being convicted by his conscience of
any particular sin, to come with a sin-offering, we see thus
impressively disclosed the need in which every sinner stands of the
salvation of Christ, and the necessity of making application to it as
often as the guilt of sin renews itself upon his conscience. This
resort of faith to the perfect sacrifice of Christ is the one way that
lies open for the sinner's attainment of pardon and restoration to
peace. And then in the sacrifice itself there is the reality of that
incomparable worth and preciousness which were so significantly
represented in the sin-offering by the sacredness of its blood and the
hallowed destination of its flesh. With reference to this the blood of
Christ is called emphatically "the precious blood," and the blood that
"cleanseth from all sin"
(1 John 1:7)
