 the blood of a goat would be enough to cover the sins of a whole nation for an entire year. In other words, a sprinkle of blood on the mercy seat of God was enough to cover the sins of a nation for an entire year. And then beyond that, just to make sure that you were doing okay, for individual and personal infractions, you just go ahead and bring a couple of doves, you bring a goat, you bring a lamb, you bring an offering, whatever it was, you were constantly passing