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Psalm 78:38
"Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath." ESV. My emphasis.
Being compassionate was the reason for God’s atoning, but is compassion by itself sufficient?
Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death".
Atonement involved the death of an animal in Leviticus 5:16
"And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering".
Is death a component of this atoning in Psalm 78:38? If death is a component of this atoning whose death was involved?
What is the meaning of "atoned" in Psalm 78:38?
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