Study it in the app““Why did you not eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is a most holy thing, and he has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the community, to make expiation for them before YHWH.”
“Whyמַדּוּעַdid you notלֹאeatאֲכַלְתֶּםthe sin offeringהַחַטָּאתin the holyהַקֹּדֶשׁplace?בִּמְקוֹםForכִּיit isהִואa most holy thing,קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁיםand he has givenוְ נָתַןitאֹתָהּto youלָכֶםto bearלָשֵׂאתthe iniquityעֲוֺןof the community,הָעֵדָהto make expiationלְכַפֵּרfor themעֲלֵיהֶםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH.יְהוָה
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achaltem” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsbear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “set” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appearsatone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “chaper” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears16Moses searched diligently for the goat of the sin offering, and look, it had been burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the remaining sons of Aaron, saying,
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18Look, its blood was not brought into the Holy Place within; you should certainly have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.”
