Leviticus 4:13–21

¹³“Now if the whole community of Israel^a errs,^b and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly,^c so that they violate any of the Lord’s commands and incur guilt^d by doing what is prohibited, ¹⁴then the assembly must present a young bull as a sin offering. They are to bring it before the tent of meeting when the sin they have committed in regard to the command becomes known. ¹⁵The elders^e of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord and it is to be slaughtered before the Lord. ¹⁶The anointed priest will bring some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting. ¹⁷The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the curtain. ¹⁸He is to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ¹⁹He is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar. ²⁰He is to offer this bull just as he did with the bull in the sin offering; he will offer it the same way. So the priest will make atonement^f on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.^{g 21}Then he will bring the bull outside the camp^h and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.