Editing Sin offering (section)

==Choice of sacrifice==
The sacrificial animal required for a ''sin offering'' depended on the status of the sinner offering the sacrifice; 
*for a [[High Priest (Judaism)|high priest]]<ref>Leviticus 4:3</ref> or for the entire community,<ref>Leviticus 4:14 and Numbers 15:24</ref> a young bullock;
*for a king or [[nasi (Hebrew title)|nasi]], a young male [[goat]];<ref>Leviticus 4:23</ref>
*for other individuals, a female kid<ref>Leviticus 4:28 and Numbers 15:27</ref> or lamb;<ref>Leviticus 4:32</ref>
*for poor individuals unable to afford these, two [[Streptopelia|turtle doves]] or young pigeons could be substituted, one as a sin offering and the other as a [[Burnt offering (Judaism)|burnt offering]];<ref>Leviticus 5:7</ref>
*for the very poorest individuals, a tenth of an [[Biblical_and_Talmudic_units_of_measurement#Dry_measure|ephah]] of unscented fine flour could be offered instead of an animal.<ref name="Leviticus 5:11"/>
Like all types of sacrifices offered on the [[altar (Judaism)|altar]], the animal had to be completely unblemished.

Apart from such general offerings for an unintended sin, these offerings were made:
*on [[Yom Kippur]], a bull as the high priest's offering, and a young male goat on behalf of the community;
*on the appointment of a priest, a [[calf (animal)|calf]] as the priest's offering, and a small young goat on behalf of the community;
*on the termination of a [[Nazirite]]'s vow, a yearling [[domestic sheep|ewe]] as the Nazirite's offering;
*after recovery from [[tzaraat]] (skin disease), a ewe as the former sufferer's offering;
*shortly after [[childbirth]], a dove as the woman's offering;
*after [[niddah]] (temporary marital separation due to menstruation) or recovery from [[zavah]] (abnormal bodily discharges), a dove or young pigeon.