God has made known to Moses all of the offerings he requires: "This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecrations, and the sacrifice of the peace offering, which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when He commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai." - Lev 7:37-38 NKJV
God has also made it clear that in addition to the offering for purposeful sinning, an offering has to be made for unintentional sins and sins of commission. And furthermore, lack of resources does not free one from the responsibility of making atonement. If the one who sinned could not afford a lamb, he could bring two doves or pigeons. If even that was not affordable, an offering could be made of fine flour. There was only one path to forgiveness and it required an offering. The ever-seeing, ever-knowing God cannot abide sin in any form. If his creation cannot be as He originally intended when they were placed in the garden, they will have to make atonement for any and all imperfections.
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