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Leviticus 4

1The sin offering of ignorance for the priest, 13for the congregation, 22for a ruler, 27for any of the people.


1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin athrough ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

    3 If the bpriest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a cyoung bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

    4 And he shall dbring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

    5 And the priest that is anointed shall etake of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

    6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times fbefore the LORD, before the *vail of the sanctuary.

    7 And the priest shall put some of the blood gupon the horns hof the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall ipour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    8 And he shall take off from it all the jfat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

    9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the *caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,

    • *: caul-fatty membrane around an organ.

    10 kAs it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.

    11 lAnd the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

    12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth 1*without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and mburn him on the wood with fire: 2where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

    13 ¶And if the whole congregation of Israel sin nthrough ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

    14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a oyoung bullock for the sin, and pbring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.

    15 And qthe elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

    16 rAnd the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:

    17 And sthe priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the *vail.

    18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar twhich is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    19 And he shall take all his ufat from him, and burn it upon the altar.

    20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did vwith the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and wthe priest shall make an atonement for them, and xit shall be forgiven them.

    21 And he shall carry forth the bullock *without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a ysin offering for the congregation.

    22 ¶When a zruler hath sinned, and adone somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

    23 Or bif his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a ckid of the goats, a male without blemish:

    24 And dhe shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in ethe place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: fit is a sin offering.

    25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it gupon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

    26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the hfat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

    27 ¶And iif 3any one of the 4common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

    28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a jkid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

    29 And he shall klay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

    30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it lupon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

    31 And mhe shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a nsweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

    32 And if he bring a olamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

    33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

      34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it pupon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

      35 And qhe shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, raccording to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and sthe priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.