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Leviticus 4:1-35 — The Sin Offering

Lev.4.1-35

¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²"Speak to the Israelites, saying: If anyone sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of Yahweh, doing one of the things that must not be done, ³if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then he shall bring to Yahweh for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd, without blemish, as a sin offering. ⁴He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, lay his hand on the bull's head, and slaughter the bull before Yahweh. ⁵Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting. ⁶The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary. ⁷The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before Yahweh , which is in the Tent of Meeting, and he shall pour out all the rest of the bull's blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. ⁸Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, ⁹both kidneys with the fat that is on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. ¹⁰He shall remove them just as these are removed from the ox of the peace offering, and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. ¹¹But the bull's hide and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung— ¹²all the rest of the bull he shall take outside the camp to a clean place, to the place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on a wood fire; it shall be burned where the ashes are poured out. ¹³"If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, so that they do one of the things that Yahweh commanded not to be done and thus become guilty, ¹⁴when the sin that they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd as a sin offering and bring it before the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁵The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the bull's head before Yahweh, and the bull shall be slaughtered before Yahweh. ¹⁶Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁷The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, in front of the curtain. ¹⁸And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of Meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁹He shall remove all its fat from it and burn it on the altar. ²⁰He shall do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; so he shall do with this one. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. ²¹Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly. ²²"When a leader sins and unintentionally does one of the things that Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and so becomes guilty, ²³if the sin that he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring as his offering a male goat without blemish. ²⁴He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before Yahweh. It is a sin offering. ²⁵Then 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 he shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. ²⁶He shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he will be forgiven. ²⁷"If one person from the common people sins unintentionally by doing one of the things that Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and so becomes guilty, ²⁸if the sin that he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring as his offering a female goat without blemish for the sin that he has committed. ²⁹He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. ³⁰Then the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he shall pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. ³¹And he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the peace offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to Yahweh. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. ³²"If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish. ³³He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 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 he shall pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. ³⁵And he shall remove all its fat , just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offering, and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on Yahweh's food offerings. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven."

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4/11/2026

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