Reference

Leviticus 5:6

Earthly Sanctuary SystemDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Christ as High PriestAtonement Process
“And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.”
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Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

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And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

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And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

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And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

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And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

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Earthly Sanctuary System
Multi-Signal Classification
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This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Atonement Process
Keyword Match
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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

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

Earthly Sanctuary System

While the verse describes a sacrificial ritual, it does not explicitly mention the physical structure of a sanctuary, tabernacle, or temple, focusing instead on the offering and the priest's role.

Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)

This verse describes an individual's trespass offering for a specific sin, involving a female animal from the flock, which is a regular sin offering procedure, not the unique annual ceremony of Yom Kippur with its specific rituals like the sanctuary cleansing or the scapegoat.

Christ as High Priest

This verse describes the actions of an Israelite sinner, a sacrificial animal, and a Levitical priest in the context of the Mosaic Law, none of which are explicitly identified with Christ or a high priesthood in the text itself. The verse focuses on the mechanics of a specific sin offering within the Old Covenant system.

Atonement Process

The verse describes a ritual act of bringing an offering and a priest making atonement, but it does not explicitly detail the "mechanics of forgiveness, cleansing, substitution, and reconciliation" as defined by the theme.

Earthly Sanctuary System
Earthly Sanctuary System

Cross-References

Exodus 12:3Thematic

“Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:”

Leviticus 1:4Thematic

“And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”

Exodus 29:14Thematic

“But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.”

Leviticus 4:19Thematic

“And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.”

Leviticus 4:20Thematic

“And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.”

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Thematic Connections

Earthly Sanctuary SystemDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Christ as High PriestAtonement Process

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