Leviticus 4:23
Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
Cross-references
In Leviticus 4:28, a female goat without blemish is required for a common person's sin offering, contrasting the male goat required for a leader.
In Leviticus 4:14, the congregation's unintentional sin requires a bull — here the leader brings a goat, showing graded offerings for different status.
In Leviticus 5:4, a thoughtless oath also requires a sin offering — but with a female animal, distinct from the leader's male goat here.
In Leviticus 9:3, a male goat is also prescribed as a sin offering for the people — paralleling the same animal type for different situations.
In Leviticus 23:19, a male goat is again the sin offering — here for the Feast of Weeks, showing the goat's recurring role in atonement.
In Numbers 7:34, the fifth day's offering also includes a male goat for sin — reinforcing the consistent requirement for leaders.
In Numbers 7:28, the pattern continues — each leader's sin offering is a male goat, exactly as prescribed here.
In Numbers 7:22, another tribal leader brings a male goat sin offering — consistent with the pattern established in Leviticus 4:23 for leaders.
In Numbers 7:16, each tribal leader brings a male goat as a sin offering during the tabernacle dedication — directly mirroring the prescription here for a leader's sin offering.
In Romans 8:3, Paul shows that Christ's sacrifice accomplishes what the law's sin offerings (like this male goat) could not, prefiguring ultimate atonement.
In Numbers 28:15, a male goat sin offering is also prescribed for the new moon festival, connecting individual and communal atonement patterns.
In Numbers 28:30, a male goat sin offering appears for the Feast of Weeks, mirroring the same offering requirement here.
In Numbers 29:5, a male goat sin offering is part of the Feast of Trumpets, echoing the same animal and purpose.
In Numbers 29:11, a male goat sin offering is included on the Day of Atonement, parallel to this leader's sin offering.
In Numbers 29:16, a male goat sin offering is prescribed for the first day of Tabernacles, similar to this offering.
In Numbers 29:19, a male goat sin offering is given for the second day of Tabernacles, paralleling this sacrifice.
In Ezra 6:17, twelve he-goats are offered as a sin offering for all Israel, echoing the goat sin offering prescribed here for a leader.