Leviticus 4:14

14 When they become aware of their sin, the people must bring a young bull as an offering for their sin and present it before the Tabernacle.

Leviticus 4:14 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 4:14

When the sin which they have sinned against it
Any of the commandments of the Lord forbidding such a thing to be done:

is known;
is made known to them by the priest, or any other, so that they are convinced that what has been done is wrong, though done through ignorance:

then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and
bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation;
the same offering with that of the anointed priest, he being, as Aben Ezra on the place observes, equal to all Israel.

Leviticus 4:14 In-Context

12 and carry it away to a place outside the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash heap, he will burn it on a wood fire.
13 “If the entire Israelite community sins by violating one of the LORD ’s commands, but the people don’t realize it, they are still guilty.
14 When they become aware of their sin, the people must bring a young bull as an offering for their sin and present it before the Tabernacle.
15 The elders of the community must then lay their hands on the bull’s head and slaughter it before the LORD .
16 The high priest will then take some of the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle,
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