The Purpose of the Yom Kippur Sacrifices

The purpose of these sacrifices was to cleanse either ceremonial impurity or moral guilt. The expiatory ritual par exe lance was the annual sacrifices on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. In Leviticus 14 verses 2 to 7 for a very similar ritual involving two birds,. This is a ritual to be performed for the cleansing of skin diseases.