Home›Open Questions›Does chatat name a sin offering that pardons the offerer or a purification offering that purges the sanctuary?Open QuestionsDoes chatat name a sin offering that pardons the offerer or a purification offering that purges the sanctuary?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Does chatat name a sin offering that pardons the offerer or a purification offering that purges the sanctuary?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/does-chatat-name-a-sin-offering-that-pardons-the-offerer-or-a-purification-offering-that-purges-the-sanctuary.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Does chatat name a sin offering that pardons the offerer or a purification offering that purges the sanctuary?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/does-chatat-name-a-sin-offering-that-pardons-the-offerer-or-a-purification-offering-that-purges-the-sanctuaryCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-does-chatat-name-a-sin-offering-that-par, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Does chatat name a sin offering that pardons the offerer or a purification offering that purges the sanctuary?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/does-chatat-name-a-sin-offering-that-pardons-the-offerer-or-a-purification-offering-that-purges-the-sanctuary}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe two readings derive the noun from different senses of the same verb stem, and the biblical text supports each in different passages. The offering is required where no wrong has been done, which favours the purification reading, but the same chapters use the ordinary language of forgiveness, which does not.What would resolve this This is a question of interpretation rather than of missing evidence, and it will not be closed by a discovery. What would advance it is a full account of the class that explains the childbirth and discharge cases and the forgiveness formulae together, rather than treating either group as residual.OpenHebrew Bible philology, Priestly source criticismJacob Milgrom, Leviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and CommentaryCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnChatat (The Purification Offering), Rituals Well-attested Source Leviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and CommentaryJacob Milgromtier 1SourcesLeviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentarytier 1Jacob Milgrom, Doubleday, 1991View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year