The phrase "a sin offering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in religious or theological contexts, particularly when discussing sacrifices or atonement practices.
Example: "In ancient times, a sin offering was made to seek forgiveness for transgressions against divine laws."
Alternatives: "a sacrifice for sin" or "an atonement offering".
Take the flesh, the hide and the dung and burn them on the altar as a sin offering.
They milked the poor in the process and mocked Leviticus 5 7: "Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the LORD as a penalty for their sin -- one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering".
They milked the poor in the process and mocked Leviticus 5 7: "Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the LORD as a penalty for their sin -- one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering". James W. McCarty III described the temple as "the symbolic center of Jewish religious, political, legal, and economic power.
Offer a bull as a sin-offering on each day to cleanse the altar.
He should bring a young bull and ram, for a sin-offering and burnt-offering respectively.
"Take a young bull as a sin-offering," he says to Aaron, "to atone for the Golden Calf.
He should designate (through lots) one goat for God as a sin-offering and one to be cast off a cliff.
Tell the Children of Israel to take a male goat as a sin-offering; take one calf and one lamb, both in their first years, both unblemished, as burnt-offerings; take an ox and a ram as peace-offerings; and take a meal-offering mixed with oil.
Religious duties required of the believers at this time were few: belief in God, asking for forgiveness of sins, offering frequent prayers, assisting others particularly those in need, rejecting cheating and the love of wealth (considered to be significant in the commercial life of Mecca), being chaste and not to kill newborn girls.
In ancient Judaism the ḥaṭṭaʾt, or "sin offering," was an important ritual for the expiation of certain, especially unwittingly committed, defilements.
The first period, that of the early church, covered nearly a thousand years and is usually referred to as the Greek or patristic period.1 Here it is held that Christ delivered men from sin by offering a ransom in their behalf to Satan, who was their rightful or actual Lord.
