Sin Offering

Described in Leviticus 4-5, the sin offering (also called 'purification offering') dealt with sins committed unintentionally or through negligence. The type of animal varied based on the sinner's status — a bull for the priest, a goat for the community leader, a lamb for ordinary people. Blood was sprinkled before the curtain and on the altar. It graphically illustrated that sin costs a life. Hebrews says Jesus offered Himself as the final sin offering — 'once for all' (Hebrews 10:10).