Quotes about Atonement

It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”

In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”

But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.

“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:

The priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.

What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.

Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”

So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.