Leviticus 4–7

Laws for Sin Offerings

4And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ^uIf anyone sins unintentionally¹ in any of the Lord’s commandments ^vabout things not to be done, and does any one of them, ³if it is the anointed priest who ^wsins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed ^xa bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. ⁴He shall bring the bull to the ^yentrance 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 ^zshall 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 ^zsprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. ⁷And the priest ^ashall 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 ^ball 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, ^cthe fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails ^9dand 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 ^ethe 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 ^foutside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall ^gburn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

^13h“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally² and ⁱthe 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,^{3 14j}when 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 ^kshall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. ¹⁶Then ^lthe 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 ^mwith the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. ⁿAnd the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. ²¹And he shall carry the bull ^foutside 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, ^odoing 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 ^pthe sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish, ²⁴and ^qshall 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. ^25rThen 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 ^sthe fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So ^tthe priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

²⁷“If ^uanyone 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, ^28vor 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. ^29wAnd 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 ^xall its fat he shall remove, ^yas the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a ^zpleasing aroma to the Lord. ^aAnd 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 ^ba female without blemish ^33wand 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 ^cas 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. ^dAnd the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

5“If anyone sins in that he hears a public ^eadjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall ^fbear his iniquity; ²or ^gif 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 ^hhuman 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 ⁱrash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people ^jswear, 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 ^kconfesses the sin he has committed, ⁶he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation¹ 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 ^lif he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two ^mturtledoves or two pigeons,² 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 ⁿwring its head from its neck ⁿbut shall not sever it completely, ⁹and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while ^othe rest of the blood shall be drained out ^pat the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. ^qAnd 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 ^rtenth of an ephah³ of fine flour for a sin offering. He ^rshall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹²And he shall bring it to ^sthe priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and ^tburn this on the altar, on the Lord’s food offerings; it is a sin offering. ¹³Thus ^qthe 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 remainder⁴ shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^15u“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, ^vhe shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued⁵ in silver shekels,⁶ according to the ^wshekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. ¹⁶He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and ^xshall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^qAnd the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

^17y“If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, ^zthough he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. ^18aHe shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and ^qthe priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. ¹⁹It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before⁷ the Lord.”

6¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“If anyone sins and ^bcommits a breach of faith against the Lord by ^cdeceiving his neighbor in ^da matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or ^eif he has oppressed his neighbor ³or ^fhas found something lost and lied about it, ^gswearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— ⁴if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore ^ewhat he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found ⁵or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall ^hrestore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he…