A minchah מנחה is not a sin offering. I thought that you said that you understood this.
@SabbathBlessings was
correct here. Sin offerings were indeed made on the New Moons HARK! as were meat and drink offerings etc.
New Moon offerings (
Monthly animal sacrifice)
Numbers 28:11-13 [11], And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a
burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; [12],
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a
meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; [13], And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a
burnt offering of a sweet savoir, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. [14], And their
drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the
burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. [15],
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the
continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
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Burnt offerings עֹלָה ʻôlâh are also used for atonement and sin offerings - see Leviticus Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 4:20-35 etc... There are many types of bunt offerings also using different animal that have different purposes that were personal burnt offerings for atonement and sin as well as collective for all of Israel under the old covenant. The Hebrew term for “burnt offering” actually means to “ascend,“ literally to “go up in smoke.” The smoke from the sacrifice ascended to God, “a soothing aroma to the LORD” (
Leviticus 1:9). Technically, any offering burned over an altar was a burnt offering, but in more specific terms, a burnt offering was the complete destruction of the animal (except for the hide) in an effort to renew the relationship by atonement for sin between Holy God and sinful man.
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Burnt offerings (as sin offerings in general and atonement for sin)
Leviticus 4:20-35 [20], 'And he hath done to the bullock as he hath done to the bullock of the
sin-offering, so he doth to it;
and the priest hath made atonement for them,
and it hath been forgiven them; [21], and
he hath brought out the bullock unto the outside of the camp, and hath burned it as he hath burned the first bullock; it is a sin-offering of the assembly. [22], '
When a prince doth sin, and hath done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah his God regarding things which are not to be done, through ignorance, and hath been guilty [23], or his sin wherein he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a male, a perfect one, [24], and he hath laid his hand on the head of the goat, and hath slaughtered it in the place where he doth slaughter the
burnt-offering before Jehovah; it is a sin-offering. [25], '
And the priest hath taken of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and hath put on the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and its blood he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, [26], and with all its fat he doth make perfume on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest hath made atonement for him because of his sin, and it hath been forgiven him. [27], 'And if any person of the people of the land sin through ignorance, by his doing something against one of the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath been guilty-- [28]
, or his sin which he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a perfect one, a female, for his sin which he hath sinned, [29], and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.
[30], 'And the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath put on the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its blood he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar, [31], and all its fat he doth turn aside, as the fat hath been turned aside from off the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, and the priest hath made perfume on the altar, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah; and the priest hath made atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him. [32],
'And if he bring in a sheep for his offering, for a sin-offering, a female, a perfect one, he doth bring in, [33], and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered it for a sin-offering in the place where he slaughtereth the burnt-offering. [34], 'And the priest hath taken of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and hath put on the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its blood he poureth out at the foundation of the altar, [35], and all its fat he turneth aside, as the fat of the sheep is turned aside from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar,
according to the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and the priest hath made atonement for him, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him.
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Note: the difference between a sin offering and a burnt offering for sin is that the sin offering was eaten by the priests (unless its blood was brought into the Temple proper, in which case it was burnt outside the Temple), with only certain parts burnt on the altar; the burnt offering was entirely burnt on the altar and for atonement being wholly consumed with fire for atonement for sin.
Take Care.
