[Editor's note: Ronn Johnson's post will remind those who listened to the Naked Bible Podcast series on Leviticus of the discussion of kaphar, how it referred to purgation -- not from moral sins, but from ritual impurity. Consequently, it's application to the work of...
Ronn Johnson's Big Story of the Bible
Did Yahweh Demand Blood for a True Relationship with Him? Were the Other Gods More Merciful to their People?
[Editorial, MSH: Listeners to the Naked Bible podcast series on Leviticus will recall that nearly all the sacrificial language of Leviticus had to do with disinfecting or protecting sacred space from impurity – the blood was not applied to the one bringing sacrifice...