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The Altar [13-09]
Anyone who disobeyed God's law could bring an animal to the altar in front of the Tent of Meeting as a sacrifice to God. A priest would kill the animal and burn it on the altar. The blood of the animal that was sacrificed covered the person’s sin and made that person clean in God's sight. God chose Moses' brother, Aaron, and Aaron's descendants to be his priests.
如果有人违反了神的律例，他可以带一只动物到会幕里作为祭物献给神。祭司会在祭坛上杀掉并焚烧这个动物。祭物的血将掩盖那个人的罪，使他在神的眼里得以清洁。神选了亚伦，也就是摩西的哥哥，和他的后代作为祭司。
Important Terms:
Translation Notes:
- God's law - This refers to all the commandments and instructions that God had told the Israelites to obey.
- to the Tent of Meeting - They did not bring the animal inside the Tent of Meeting, but to the altar in front of the Tent of Meeting. Be sure not to use an expression that means that they brought it inside.
- covered the person's sin - When people brought animals to sacrifice, God chose to see the blood of the animals as a covering over their sin. This is like hiding something that is ugly or dirty by covering it.
- clean in God's sight - This could be translated as, "as if he did not have the sin according to God" or, "free of the punishment for breaking God's law."