Leviticus 4
4
Laws for Sin Offerings
1Then#Or “And” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” saying, ‘If a person#Or “a soul” sins by an unintentional wrong from any of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,#Literally “done” and he violates#Literally “does” any of them#Literally “from one from them”; see NET— 3if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people,#Literally “to the guilt of the people” then,#Or “and” concerning the sin that he has committed,#Literally “sinned” he shall bring a young bull#Literally “a bull, a son of cattle” without defect for Yahweh as a sin offering. 4He shall bring#Or “And he shall bring” the bull to the tent of assembly’s entrance before Yahweh, place#Or “And place” his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter the bull before Yahweh. 5The anointed priest#Or “And the anointed priest” shall take some of#Literally “from” the bull’s blood and shall bring it to the tent of assembly, 6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and shall spatter some of#Literally “from” the blood seven times before Yahweh in front of the sanctuary’s curtain. 7The priest#Or “And the priest” shall put some of#Literally “from” the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of assembly, and all the rest#Implied by the context of the bull’s blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of assembly.
8“ ‘He must remove#Or “And he must remove” all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the inner parts#Or “entrails” and all of the fat that is on the inner parts,#Or “entrails” 9the two#Or “and the two” kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the liver’s lobe that he must remove in addition to the kidneys— 10just as it is removed from the ox of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice—and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of the burnt offering. 11But#Or “And” the bull’s skin and its meat, in addition to its head, its lower leg bones,#Literally “and in addition to its lower leg bones” its#Or “and its” inner parts,#Or “entrails” and its offal— 12he shall carry#Or “and he shall carry out” all of the bull outside the camp#Literally “to from an outside place of 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#Or “And if” Israel’s whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter#Or “thing” was concealed from the assembly’s eyes, and they acted#Or “did” against any of#Literally “one from all of” Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,#Literally “done” so that#Or “and” they incur guilt, 14when#Or “and” the sin that they have committed#Literally “sinned” against that command#The 3fs pronominal suffix may refer to “one of Yahweh’s commands”—“one” is also fs becomes known, the assembly#Or “and the assembly” shall present a young bull#Literally “a bull, a son of cattle” as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of assembly. 15And the elders of the community shall place their hands on the bull’s head before Yahweh, and he#Or “someone”; see NET—the 3ms refers to either one of the elders or the priest shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh. 16Then the anointed priest shall bring some of#Literally “from” the bull’s blood to the tent of assembly, 17and the priest shall dip his finger in#Or “from” the blood and shall spatter it seven times before Yahweh in front of the curtain. 18He must put#Or “And he must put” some of#Literally “from” the blood on the altar’s horns before Yahweh in the tent of assembly,#Literally “which is in the tent of assembly”—the reference is to the altar and all the rest#Indicated by the context of the blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the tent of assembly’s entrance. 19He must remove#Or “And he must remove” all its fat from it, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar. 20He shall do#Or “And he shall do” to the bull just as#Literally “as that” he did to the sin offering’s bull, so he must do to it. The priest#Or “And the priest” shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.#Literally “it shall be forgiven to them” 21He shall bring#Or “And he shall bring out” the rest of#Indicated by the context the bull outside the camp,#Literally “to from an outside place of the camp” and he shall burn it just as#Literally “as that” he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
22“ ‘When a leader sins and commits#Or “does” an unintentional wrong against any of#Literally “one from all of” the commands of Yahweh his God that should not be violated,#Literally “done” so that#Or “and” he incurs guilt, 23or his sin he has committed#Literally “sinned” is made known to him, he shall bring#Or “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring” a male goat#Literally “a he-goat of goats a male” without defect as his offering. 24He shall place#Or “And he shall place” his hand on the he-goat’s head and slaughter it in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 25The priest#Or “And the priest” shall take some of#Literally “from” the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of#Indicated by context its blood on the base of the altar of the burnt offering. 26He#Or “And he”; the antecedent is the priest (cp. vv. 10, 31) must turn all of its fat into smoke on the altar like the fat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of#Literally “from” his sin, and he will be forgiven.#Literally “it shall be forgiven to him”
27“ ‘If#Or “And if” anyone#Literally “a soul one” of the people of the land sins by an unintentional wrong by violating#Literally “doing” one of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,#Literally “done” so that#Or “and” he incurs guilt, 28or his sin he has committed#Literally “sinned” is made known to him, he shall bring#Or “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring” as his offering a female goat without defect#Literally “a she-goat of goats without defect a female” as his offering for his sin that he committed.#Literally “sinned” 29He shall place#Or “And he shall place” his hand on the sin offering’s head and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30The priest#Or “And the priest” shall take some of#Literally “from” its blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of#Indicated by context its blood on the altar’s base. 31He#Or “And he” must remove all of its fat just as#Literally “as that” the fat was removed from#Or “from on” or “from upon” the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. The priest#Or “And the priest” shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.#Literally “it shall be forgiven to him”
32“ ‘But#Or “And” if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he must bring a female without defect. 33He shall place#Or “And he shall place” his hand on the sin offering’s head, and he shall slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering. 34The priest#Or “And the priest” shall take some of#Literally “from” the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest#Indicated by context of its blood on the altar’s base. 35He must remove#Or “And he must remove” all of its fat just as#Literally “as that” the lamb’s fat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice was removed, and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar upon Yahweh’s offerings made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him because of#Or “for” his sin that he committed,#Literally “sinned” and he will be forgiven.’ ”#Literally “it will be forgiven to him”
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Leviticus 4
4
Sacrifices for sin
(Leviticus 6.24-30)
1The LORD told Moses 2to say to the community of Israel:
Offer a sacrifice to ask forgiveness when you sin by accidentally doing something I have told you not to do.
When the high priest sins
The LORD said:
3When the high priest sins, he makes everyone else guilty too. And so, he must sacrifice a young bull that has nothing wrong with it. 4The priest will lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, lay his hand on its head, and kill it there. 5He will take a bowl of the blood inside the tent, 6dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times towards the sacred chest behind the curtain. 7Then, in my presence, he will smear some of the blood on each of the four corners of the incense altar, before pouring out the rest at the foot of the bronze altar#4.7 incense altar…bronze altar: See the note at 1.1-3. near the entrance to the tent.
8-10The priest will remove the fat from the bull, just as he does when he sacrifices a bull to ask my blessing.#4.8-10 to ask my blessing: See the note at 3.1. This includes the fat on the insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. He will then send it all up in smoke.
11-12The skin and flesh of the bull, together with its legs, insides, and the food still in its stomach, are to be taken outside the camp and burnt on a wood fire near the ash heap.#4.11,12 ash heap: See the note at 1.16.
When the whole nation sins
The LORD said:
13When the nation of Israel disobeys me without meaning to, the whole nation is still guilty. 14Once you realize what has happened, you must sacrifice a young bull to ask my forgiveness. Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, 15where your tribal leaders will lay their hands on its head, before having it killed in my presence.
16The priest will take a bowl of the animal's blood inside the sacred tent, 17dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times towards the sacred chest behind the curtain. 18Then, in my presence, he must smear some of the blood on each of the four corners of the incense altar, before pouring out the rest at the foot of the bronze altar#4.18 incense altar…bronze altar: See the note at 1.1-3. near the entrance to the tent. 19-21After this, the priest will remove the fat from the bull and send it up in smoke on the altar. Finally, he will burn its remains outside the camp, just as he did with the other bull. By this sacrifice the sin of the whole nation will be forgiven.
When a tribal leader sins
The LORD God said:
22Any tribal leader who disobeys me without meaning to is still guilty. 23As soon as the leader realizes what has happened, he must sacrifice a goat#4.23 goat: See the note at 1.1-3. that has nothing wrong with it. 24This is a sacrifice for sin. So he will lay his hand on the animal's head, before having it killed in my presence at the north side of the bronze altar. 25The priest will dip a finger in the blood, smear some of it on each of the four corners of the altar, and pour out the rest at the foot of the altar. 26Then he must send all the fat up in smoke, just as he does when a sacrifice is offered to ask my blessing.#4.26 sacrifice…blessing: See the note at 3.1. By this sacrifice the leader's sin will be forgiven.
When ordinary people sin
The LORD said:
27When any of you ordinary people disobey me without meaning to, you are still guilty.#Nu 15.27,28. 28As soon as you realize what you have done, you must sacrifice a female goat that has nothing wrong with it. 29Lead the goat to the north side of the bronze altar and lay your hand on its head, before having it killed. 30Then a priest will dip a finger in the blood; he will smear some of it on each of the four corners of the altar and pour out the rest at the foot of the altar. 31After this, the priest will remove all the fat, just as he does when an animal is sacrificed to ask my blessing.#4.31 sacrificed to ask my blessing: See the note at 3.1. The priest will then send the fat up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. This animal is sacrificed so that I will forgive you ordinary people when you sin.
32If you offer a lamb instead of a goat as a sacrifice for sin, it must be a female that has nothing wrong with it. 33Lead the lamb to the altar and lay your hand on its head, before having it killed. 34The priest will dip a finger in the blood, smear some of it on each of the four corners of the altar, and pour out the rest at the foot of the altar. 35After this, all the fat must be removed, just as when an animal is sacrificed to ask my blessing. Then the priest will send it up in smoke to me, together with a food offering, and your sin will be forgiven.
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