Leviticus 4:1-35 (New American Standard)

The Law of Sin Offerings

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a person sins ¹unintentionally in any of the ^athings which the LORD has ²commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, 3 ³if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD a ^bbull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has ^ccommitted. 4 'He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the LORD, and ⁴he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slay the bull before the LORD. 5 'Then the ⁵anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of ⁶the veil of the sanctuary. 7 'The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of ⁷the altar of fragrant incense which 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 burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 8 '⁸He shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering : the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, 9 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^dlobe of the liver, which he shall remove ⁹with the kidneys 10 (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings ), and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. 11 'But ¹⁰the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse, 12 ^ethat is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to ¹¹a clean place outside the camp where the ^fashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire ; where the ^gashes are poured out it shall be burned. 13 '¹²Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter ^hescapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the ⁱthings which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty ; 14 ¹³when the sin ^jwhich they have ^kcommitted becomes known, then the assembly shall offer ¹⁴a ^lbull of the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting. 15 'Then ¹⁵the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be slain ¹⁶before the LORD. 16 'Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting ; 17 and ¹⁷the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil. 18 'He shall put some of the blood on the horns of ¹⁸the altar which is before the LORD ^min the tent of meeting ; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 19 '¹⁹He shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar. 20 'He shall also do with the bull just as he did with ²⁰the bull of the sin offering ; thus he shall do with it. So ²¹the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. 21 'Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull ; it is ²²the sin offering for the assembly. 22 'When ²³a leader ²⁴sins and unintentionally does any one of all the ⁿthings which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty, 23 ^o25if his sin ^pwhich he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a ^q26goat , ²⁷a male without defect. 24 'He shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slay it in the place where ^rthey slay the burnt offering before the LORD ; it is a sin offering. 25 'Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on ²⁸the horns of the altar of burnt offering ; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 '²⁹All its fat he shall offer up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. Thus ³⁰the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin, and he will be forgiven. 27 'Now if ^sanyone of ^tthe common people sins ³¹unintentionally in doing any of the ^uthings which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, 28 ^v32if his sin which he has ^wcommitted is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a ^x33goat, a ³⁴female without defect, for his sin which he has ^ycommitted. 29 '³⁵He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and ³⁶slay the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. 30 'The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of ³⁷the altar of burnt offering ; and ³⁸all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 31 '³⁹Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings ; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar for ⁴⁰a soothing aroma to the LORD. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, ^zand he will be forgiven. 32 'But if he brings ⁴¹a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring it, a female without defect. 33 '⁴²He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slay it for a sin offering ⁴³in the place where ^aathey slay the burnt offering. 34 'The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of ⁴⁴the altar of burnt offering, and ⁴⁵all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 35 'Then he shall remove ⁴⁶all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the LORD. Thus ⁴⁷the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin which he has ^bbcommitted, and he will be forgiven.