Lev 4:22 | NETfull | STEP | “‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty,

Leviticus 4:22

For the Leader

22 “‘Whenever ^{▼▼ This section begins with the relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר (’asher) which usually means “who” or “which,” but here means “whenever.”} a leader, by straying unintentionally, ^{▼▼ See the Lev 4:2 note on “straying.”} sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, ^{▼▼ Heb “and does one from all the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be done”; cf. NRSV “ought not to be done”; NIV “does what is forbidden in any of the commands.”} and he pleads guilty,