[Diamond]

"...the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"

The sin is not in the bearing of children, obviously, so what is a sin offering for? And for what what did the priest make atonement, if not sin?

Cordially,

[SoothingDave]

The sin is not in the bearing of children, obviously, so what is a sin offering for? And for what what did the priest make atonement, if not sin?

I don't know. But Mary, like Jesus, followed the law pro forms, even if it didn't strictly apply.

SD