Sin offerings here are specifically for unintentional sin. The legal system draws a hard line between mistakes and deliberate wrongdoing right from the start.
Legal & Ethical'מכל מצות ה [IF A SOUL SIN IN ERROR] AGAINST ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD — Our Rabbis explained (Sifra, Vayikra Dibbura d'Chovah, Section 7; Shabbat 69a) that a sin-offering (of which this chapter speaks) is brought only for such a thing the ...
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