Reference

Ezekiel 43:22

“And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.”

And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.

When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Ritual / Sacred Use

Semantic Discovery

90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Atonement Process

Multi-Signal Classification

90% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Ritual / Sacred Use

The verse describes an animal sacrifice, not the use of wine, therefore it does not support the theme as defined.

Atonement Process

While the verse describes a "sin offering" and the cleansing of an altar, it does not explicitly detail the "mechanics of forgiveness, cleansing, substitution, and reconciliation between God and humanity" as outlined in the theme definition. It merely states an action to be performed.

Ritual / Sacred Use

Related Verses

Ezekiel 43:25

“Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.”

Ezekiel 43:23

“When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.”

Ezekiel 45:23

“And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.”

Numbers 7:22

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

Ezekiel 45:22

“And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.”

Thematic Connections

Ritual / Sacred Use Atonement Process

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