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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a personsinsunintentionally in any of the thingswhich the LORD has commanded not to be done, and commitsany of them,
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if the anointedpriestsins so as to bringguilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD a bull**withoutdefect as a sinoffering for the sin he has committed.
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'He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meetingbefore the LORD, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slay the bullbefore the LORD.
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'The priest shall also putsome of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrantincensewhich is before the LORD in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burntofferingwhich is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
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that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a cleanplaceoutside* the campwhere the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
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'Now if the wholecongregation of Israelcommitserror and the matterescapes the notice of the assembly, and they commitany of the thingswhich the LORD has commanded not to be done, and they becomeguilty;
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when the sinwhich they have committedbecomesknown, then the assembly shall offer a bull of the herd for a sinoffering and bring it before the tent of meeting.
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'He shall putsome of the blood on the horns of the altarwhich is before the LORD in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burntofferingwhich is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
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'He shall also do with the bulljust as he did with the bull of the sinoffering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall makeatonement for them, and they will be forgiven.
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'Then the priest is to takesome of the blood of the sinoffering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burntoffering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burntoffering.
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'All its fat he shall offer up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peaceofferings. Thus the priest shall makeatonement for him in regard to his sin, and he will be forgiven.
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if his sinwhich he has committed is madeknown to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a femalewithoutdefect, for his sinwhich he has committed.
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'The priest shall takesome of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burntoffering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
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'Then he shall removeall its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peaceofferings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothingaroma to the LORD. Thus the priest shall makeatonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
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'The priest is to takesome of the blood of the sinoffering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burntoffering, and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
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'Then he shall removeall its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peaceofferings, and the priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the LORD. Thus the priest shall makeatonement for him in regard to his sinwhich he has committed, and he will be forgiven.