OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 5:12

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He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of the LORD made by fire. It is a sin offering.

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Verse 12. Memorial. See Calmet. 2:2. At the end, the Hebrew and Septuagint add, “It is a sin-offering;” peccatum. Calmet.—Hence the priests are said to eat the sins of the people, Osee 4:8.

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