Leviticus 4

Laws for Sin Offerings

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2Speak to the people of Israel, saying, aIf anyone sins unintentionally
Or by mistake; so throughout Leviticus
in any of the Lord’s commandments cabout things not to be done, and does any one of them,
3if it is the anointed priest who dsins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed ea bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. 4He shall bring the bull to the fentrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the Lord. 5And the anointed priest gshall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, 6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and hsprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 7And the priest ishall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord that is in the tent of meeting, and jall the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, kthe fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 9 land the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys 10(just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11But mthe skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung 12all the rest of the bull—he shall carry noutside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall oburn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

13 p“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally
Or makes a mistake
and rthe thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt,
Or suffer for their guilt, or are guilty; also verses 22, 27, and chapter 5
14 twhen the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. 15And the elders of the congregation ushall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. 16Then vthe anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, 17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. 18And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting before the Lord, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 19And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar. 20Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did wwith the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. xAnd the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 21And he shall carry the bull youtside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

22“When a leader sins, zdoing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 23or aathe sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish, 24and abshall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. 25 acThen the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like adthe fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So aethe priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

27If afanyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 28 agor the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. 29 ahAnd he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. 30And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 31And aiall its fat he shall remove, ajas the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a akpleasing aroma to the Lord. alAnd the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

32“If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring ama female without blemish 33 anand lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 34Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 35And all its fat he shall remove aoas the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the Lord’s food offerings. apAnd the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

Leviticus 5:1-13

1“If anyone sins in that he hears a public aqadjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall arbear his iniquity; 2or asif anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; 3or if he touches athuman uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt; 4or if anyone utters with his lips a aurash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people avswear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; 5when he realizes his guilt in any of these and awconfesses the sin he has committed, 6he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation
Hebrew  his guilt penalty; so throughout Leviticus
for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

7“But ayif he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two azturtledoves or two pigeons,
Septuagint  two young pigeons; also verse 11
one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
8He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall bbwring its head from its neck bcbut shall not sever it completely, 9and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while bdthe rest of the blood shall be drained out beat the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. 10Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. bfAnd the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

11“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a bgtenth of an ephah
An  ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
of fine flour for a sin offering. He bishall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
12And he shall bring it to bjthe priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and bkburn this on the altar, on the Lord’s food offerings; it is a sin offering. 13Thus blthe priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder
Septuagint; Hebrew it
shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

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