Difference Between Sin and Burnt Offerings

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Please help me to understand the differences between a sin offering and a burnt offering?What are their significance in Leviticus 15:30?

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    A Sin Offering was brought to the Temple when a person had sinned. It was a source of atonement, together with confession and remorse. Depending on a person’s financial standing, the Sin Offering consisted of either fine flour, two birds or an animal. Some of the sacrifice was offered up on the altar and some was eaten by the Kohanim.

    The Burnt Offering was completely consumed on the altar. None of it was eaten by the Kohanim or the person bringing the Offering. It was offered up together with a Meal Offering and a Libation. There were occasions when the Burnt Offering functioned as a Sin Offering. For example: when a Nazir reached the end of their Nazirite period, when someone recovered from Tzara’as (a form of spiritual leprosy), or by a mother after childbirth.

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