Leviticus 4:15

15 The older leaders of the group of people must put their hands on the bull's head before the Lord, and it must be killed before the Lord.

Leviticus 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 4:15

And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands
upon the head of the bullock before the Lord
These must be two at least, some say three, and some say five ^F8; the more generally received notion is, that they were three of the sanhedrim ^F9; though the Targum of Jonathan makes them to be the twelve rulers of the twelve tribes:

and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord;
in the court near the altar of burnt offering, either by a priest, or Levite, or by a butcher, as the above Targum expresses it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Misn. Sotah, c. 9. sect. 1.
F9 Maimon & Bartenora in Misn. Menachot, c. 9. sect. 7. Maimon. Hilchot Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 3. sect. 10.

Leviticus 4:15 In-Context

13 "'If the whole nation of Israel sins accidentally without knowing it and does something the Lord has commanded not to be done, they are guilty.

14 When they learn about the sin they have done, they must offer a young bull as a sin offering and bring it before the Meeting Tent.

15 The older leaders of the group of people must put their hands on the bull's head before the Lord, and it must be killed before the Lord.

16 Then the appointed priest must bring some of the bull's blood into the Meeting Tent.

17 Dipping his finger in the blood, he must sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the curtain.