A female animal for a sin offering

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In most of the the Book of Leviticus, the sacrificial animals were to be male. But in some cases, the animal for a sin offering was to be female.

 


 

Note: Many people find it morally objectionable that a religion requires the killing of innocent animals.

 


 

We wonder why these sin offerings are to be female.

Also, these verses seem to do away with the idea that a “sin offering” must be male.

And hence the common Christian argument that because a “sin offering” must only be male, therefore the Second Person of the Holy Trinity could only incarnate as a male.

And hence the common Christian argument that because Jesus Christ could only be male, therefore Christian clerics can only be male.

 

Leviticus 4:28. if his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has sinned.

Leviticus 4:32. If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.

Leviticus 5:6. and he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned: a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.

Numbers 19:9. A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for use in water for cleansing impurity. It is a sin offering.

 

SEE ALSO

Eating Animal Fat. In ancient days, animal fats were prized. The visceral fats were burned in the temple. But the eating of animal fat as part of a meal was still permitted.

My Dietary Experiment in England. While I was living in England, I tried the diet of Mohandas K. Gandhi. I lived on fruit and nuts for a month.

Why Be a Vegetarian? – a Haiku poem. I wrote this Haiku poem after reading that Daniel the Prophet lived as a vegetarian.

A female animal for a sin offering. In most of the the Book of Leviticus, the sacrificial animals were to be male. But in some cases, the animal for a sin offering was to be female.

The Bible’s original diet. In the beginning, when we humans walked in the Garden of Eden, what did the LORD God command us to eat? The Bible’s answer may surprise you.

Daniel fasted from desirable foods. By 536 BC, the exiles had returned to Israel. God revealed to Daniel that a great war was coming. Daniel fasted three weeks, waiting on God in prayer. This was his second major fasting.

 


LEVITICUS

CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

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