Leviticus 4:14

14 when the sin that they have {committed} against [that command] becomes known, the assembly shall present {a young bull} as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before [the] tent of assembly.

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 he shall carry all of the bull {outside the camp} to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ashes' dump, and he shall burn it on wood in the fire; it must be burned up on the fatty ashes' dump.

13 " 'If Israel's whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter was concealed from the assembly's eyes, and they acted [against] {any of} Yahweh's commands that should not be {violated}, so that they incur guilt,

14 when the sin that they have {committed} against [that command] becomes known, the assembly shall present {a young bull} as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before [the] tent of assembly.

15 And the elders of the community shall place their hands on the bull's head before Yahweh, and he shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh.

16 Then the anointed priest shall bring {some of} the bull's blood to [the] tent of assembly,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "and"
• [b]. Literally "sinned"
• [c]. The 3fs pronominal suffix may refer to "one of Yahweh's commands"--"one" is also fs
• [d]. Or "and the assembly"
• [e]. Literally "a bull, a son of cattle"