Leviticus
4
- The LORD said to Moses,
- "Say to the Israelites: 'When anyone
sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD'S commands
--
- "'If the anointed priest sins, bringing
guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without defect
as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- He is to present the bull at the entrance
to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on its head
and slaughter it before the LORD.
- Then the anointed priest shall take some
of the bull's blood and carry it into the Tent of Meeting.
- He is to dip his finger into the blood and
sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the curtain of
the sanctuary.
- The priest shall then put some of the blood
on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the
Tent of Meeting. The rest of the bull's blood he shall pour out at the base
of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- He shall remove all the fat from the bull
of the sin offering--the fat that covers the inner parts or is connected to
them,
- both kidneys with the fat on them near the
loins, and the covering of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys
--
- just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed
as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of
burnt offering.
- But the hide of the bull and all its flesh,
as well as the head and legs, the inner parts and offal --
- that is, all the rest of the bull -- he
must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes
are thrown, and burn it in a wood fire on the ash heap.
- "'If the whole Israelite community
sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD'S commands,
even though the community is unaware of the matter, they are guilty.
- When they become aware of the sin they committed,
the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before
the Tent of Meeting.
- The elders of the community are to lay their
hands on the bull's head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered
before the LORD.
- Then the anointed priest is to take some
of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting.
- He shall dip his finger into the blood and
sprinkle it before the LORD seven times in front of the curtain.
- He is to put some of the blood on the horns
of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. The rest of the
blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the
entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- He shall remove all the fat from it and
burn it on the altar,
- and do with this bull just as he did with
the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement
for them, and they will be forgiven.
- Then he shall take the bull outside the
camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for
the community.
- "'When a leader sins unintentionally
and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the LORD his God, he
is guilty.
- When he is made aware of the sin he committed,
he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.
- He is to lay his hand on the goat's head
and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before
the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Then the priest shall take some of the blood
of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of
burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- He shall burn all the fat on the altar as
he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will
make atonement for the man's sin, and he will be forgiven.
- "'If a member of the community sins
unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD'S commands,
he is guilty.
- When he is made aware of the sin he committed,
he must bring as his offering for the sin he committed a female goat without
defect.
- He is to lay his hand on the head of the
sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
- Then the priest is to take some of the blood
with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and
pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- He shall remove all the fat, just as the
fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it
on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. In this way the priest will
make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
- "'If he brings a lamb as his sin offering,
he is to bring a female without defect.
- He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter
it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
- Then the priest shall take some of the blood
of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of
burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- He shall remove all the fat, just as the
fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall
burn it on the altar on top of the offerings made to the LORD by fire. In
this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed,
and he will be forgiven.
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