What Distinguishes the Chatat and Asham/2

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What Distinguishes the Chatat and Asham?

Exegetical Approaches

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Function of the Offering

While the Chatat is first and foremost a purification offering, the Asham is a reparation offering.

Meaning of חטאת
Chatat: common denominator
Where the chatat is brought and blood sprinkled
Meaning of Asham
Asham: common denominator
Animals brought?
"בְּעֶרְכְּךָ"

Severity of Sin

While both the Chatat and Asham serve an atoning role, they do so for different types of sins.

Asham More Severe

The more severe offenses necessitate an Asham offering rather than a Chatat.

Asham Less Severe

Less severe sins are expiated with an Asham rather than a Chatat.