Leviticus 4:16-22

16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting.

17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the LORD seven times in front of the curtain.

18 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.

19 He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,

20 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 the community, and they will be forgiven.

21 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.

22 “ ‘When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the LORD his God, when he realizes his guilt

Leviticus 4:16-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 4

This chapter contains the law of the sin offering, which was offered for sins committed through ignorance, error, and mistake, Le 4:1,2 and gives an account of the matter of them, and the rites belonging thereunto, which were different according to the persons for whom it was made, as for the anointed priest, Le 4:3-12 for the whole congregation, Le 4:13-21 and for the ruler, Le 4:22-26 and for any of the common people, Le 4:27-35.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 5
• 2. Numbers 19:4,18
• 3. S ver 6
• 4. Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 17:6; 2 Chronicles 29:22
• 5. ver 7; Leviticus 6:30; Leviticus 10:18
• 6. Leviticus 5:9
• 7. ver 8
• 8. ver 26
• 9. S Exodus 29:36; S Exodus 32:30; S Romans 3:25; Hebrews 10:10-12
• 10. ver 26,31,35; Numbers 15:25
• 11. S ver 12
• 12. Leviticus 16:5,15; 2 Chronicles 29:21
• 13. Numbers 31:13
• 14. ver 2