Leviticus 4:27-31

27 “ ‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, when they realize their guilt

28 and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect.

29 They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

30 Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

31 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:27-31 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 2; Numbers 15:27
• 2. Leviticus 5:6; Ezekiel 40:39; Ezekiel 44:27; ver 23
• 3. S ver 3; S Leviticus 1:10
• 4. ver 4,24
• 5. S Leviticus 1:4
• 6. S Genesis 8:20
• 7. S ver 7
• 8. ver 35
• 9. S Genesis 8:21
• 10. Leviticus 1:4
• 11. S ver 20