Leviticus 4:22-26

22 “When a leader sins, ¹doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,

23 or ²the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish,

24 and ³shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering.

25 ⁴Then 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 its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

26 And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like ⁵the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So ⁶the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:22-26 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. 4:22 ver. 2, 13, 27
• 2. 4:23 ver. 14
• 3. 4:24 See ch. 1:4
• 4. 4:25 ver. 7, 18, 30, 34
• 5. 4:26 ver. 31; ch. 3:3, 5
• 6. 4:26 ver. 20, 31, 35; ch. 5:10, 13, 16, 18; 6:7; 14:18; 15:15