Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 4:1-35
The sin offering: regulations (4:1-35)Burnt offerings, cereal offerings and peace offerings were not compulsory; people made them voluntarily to express their devotion. The sin offering, however, was compulsory whenever people realized they had committed some (accidental) sin that broke their fellowship with God. In the other offerings there was an element of atonement (for sin affects everything that people do), but in the sin offering, atonement was the central issue.The animal was killed in... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 4:6
Leviticus 4:6. Seven times A number much used in Scripture, as a number of perfection; and here prescribed, either to show that his sins needed more than ordinary purgation, and more exercise of his faith and repentance, both which graces he was obliged to join with that ceremonial rite. Before the veil The second veil, dividing between the holy place and the holy of holies, which is generally called the veil of the sanctuary. read more