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Leviticus Chapter 4

¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²"Tell the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them, ³if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without defect to Yahweh for a sin offering. ⁴He is to bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting in Yahweh's presence. He is to lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull in Yahweh's presence. ⁵The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting. ⁶The priest is to dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in Yahweh's presence, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. ⁷The priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense in Yahweh's presence, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and then pour the rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the burnt offering altar, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. ⁸He is to take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering from it: the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, ⁹and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he is to remove, ¹⁰as it is removed from the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest is to burn them on the burnt offering altar. ¹¹He is to carry the bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, its dung ¹²and all the rest of the bull outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. It shall be burned where the ashes are poured out.

¹³"'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty; ¹⁴when the sin that they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁵The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the head of the bull in Yahweh's presence; and the bull must be killed in Yahweh's presence. ¹⁶The anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁷The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times in Yahweh's presence in front of the veil. ¹⁸He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is in Yahweh's presence in the Tent of Meeting; and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the burnt offering altar, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁹He is to take all its fat from it, and burn it on the altar. ²⁰He is to do this with the bull. Just as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so he must do with this; and the priest is to make atonement for them, and they'll be forgiven. ²¹He is to carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

²²"'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty, ²³if his sin that he has sinned is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without defect. ²⁴He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering in Yahweh's presence. It is a sin offering. ²⁵The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the burnt offering altar. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the burnt offering altar. ²⁶All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest is to make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.

²⁷"'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty, ²⁸if his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has sinned. ²⁹He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. ³⁰The priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the burnt offering altar; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ³¹All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest is to burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest is to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

³²"'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect. ³³He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. ³⁴The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the burnt offering altar; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ³⁵He shall remove all its fat, like the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest is to burn them on the altar, on Yahweh's offerings made by fire. The priest is to make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.