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Bible Question: Why did the lamb offered in a sin offering have to be a female if it was meant to foreshadow Christ? (Leviticus 4:32) |
Bible Answer: Greetings Apollos! Here is a portion of Ray Steadman's take on it. You can view more information on his sermon here http://www.pbc.org/library/files/html/0505.html "The first distinctive of the sin offering is that it provided for both public and private sin. There were offerings available for those who had sinned as a group, and those who had sinned as individuals. You find this clearly delineated in this chapter. When it was offered for the sin of a group, or a public individual representing a group, then the offering always had to be a male. When it was an individual sin, the animal was a female. Verses 1-3:" And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, if any one sins unwittingly in any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and he does any one of them, if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer for the sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to the LORD for a sin offering." (Lev 4:1-3 RSV) "And, again, in Verses 13-14:" "If the whole congregation of Israel commits a sin unwittingly and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done and are guilty; when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting;" (Lev 4:13-14 RSV) "In the case of a ruler or king, the requirement is given in Verses 22-23: " "When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty, if the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish," (Lev 4:22-23 RSV) "But then when the common people sinned as individuals, Verses 27-28:" "If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing any one of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and is guilty, when the sin which he has committed is made known to him he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed." (Lev 4:27-28 RSV) "In Verse 32 another provision is made:" "If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish," (Lev 4:32 RSV) "So once again the distinction is made between the male, as the symbol of the ruler or the dominant one -- i.e., man in his right to have dominion over all things, as always symbolized by any functionary, any government official (a priest, a ruler, a king, etc.), or the whole group together -- and the female, as the symbol of the common person, the individual acting on his own, who is therefore in a relationship of support, of undergirding or following." God bless, Steve |
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