4:2Leviticus 4:2

Leviticus 4:2 introduces the requirement of a sin offering when a soul sins through ignorance by violating any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done.PP 761.5+2 When that unintentional sin was committed by a priest or by the whole congregation, the victim's blood was brought into the holy place, sprinkled before the veil and put upon the horns of the golden altar, its fat was burned upon the altar of burnt offering, and its body was burned without the camp.PP 761.5 Under the Mosaic dispensation these sin offerings, together with thank offerings, were required in addition to the tenth of all increase or tithe.ST May 6, 1875+1

The sin offering was part of the sanctification of property as an imperative claim of God, proportioned according to the amount each possessed and required of all people rather than of a particular class.4T 467.1–2 Together with trespass offerings, thank offerings, ransoms for the first-born, first-fruits of flocks and harvest, corners and gleanings left for the poor, seventh-year spontaneous provision for the needy, seventh-year remission of debts, hospitalities, gifts to the poor, assessments on property, and freewill offerings for the tabernacle and temple, it formed systematic and regular donations amounting to about one-third of income for religious interests and the poor, exacted for the people's own good and to sustain God's service.4T 467.1–2 The same imperative rests on Christians to present sin offerings and thank offerings beyond the tithe according to the capital entrusted to them.4T 467.1–2