Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Memorial. See chap. ii. 2. At the end, the Hebrew and Septuagint add, "It is a sin-offering "peccatum. (Calmet)
Hence the priests are said to eat the sins of the people, Osee iv. 8.