A kid of the goats for a sin-offering— In ch. Leviticus 4:14 the matter of the sin-offering for the congregation is ordered to be a calf or bullock; but that is to be understood of an offering for a particular determinate sin: this for sin in general. It is thought that goats were so frequently appointed for sacrifice in the Jewish ritual, because the daemons of idolatry were most frequently worshipped under this form. See ch. Leviticus 17:7. The young calf enjoined for Aaron's sin-offering, Leviticus 9:2 is supposed by many of the Jews to have reference to the affair of the golden calf.
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Leviticus 9:3
3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;