Thanks. But I was specifically looking for an incident of sacrifice at an altar (tabernacle, temple, etc.)
My understanding of that incident is "If I have to look like I am worshiping there with my master, know that I really am not, but am just going through the motions...sorry for me going through the motions, but I don't want to be a martyr"
But thank you for the reference, though.
“Thanks. But I was specifically looking for an incident of sacrifice at an altar (tabernacle, temple, etc.)”
The word “pardon” in the King James necessitates an atonement being made for the forgiveness (cf Lev, 4:20 ff).
I think if he was only going through the motions and not really worshipping he would not be asking for forgiveness. Any hypocrisy in the pagan worship would soon be found out in the rituals.