4Then^a Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the Israelites,^b saying, ‘If a person^c sins by an unintentional wrong from any of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,^d and he violates^e any of them^f— ³if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people,^g then,^h concerning the sin that he has committed,ⁱ he shall bring a young bull^j without defect for Yahweh as a sin offering. ⁴He shall bring^k the bull to the tent of assembly’s entrance before Yahweh, place^l his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter the bull before Yahweh. ⁵The anointed priest^m shall take some ofⁿ the bull’s blood and shall bring it to the tent of assembly, ⁶and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and shall spatter some of^o the blood seven times before Yahweh in front of the sanctuary’s curtain. ⁷The priest^p shall put some of^q the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of assembly, and all the rest^r of the bull’s blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of assembly.

⁸“ ‘He must remove^s all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the inner parts^t and all of the fat that is on the inner parts,^u ⁹the two^v kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is at the loins, and the liver’s lobe that he must remove in addition to the kidneys— ¹⁰just as it is removed from the ox of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice—and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of the burnt offering. ¹¹But^w the bull’s skin and its meat, in addition to its head, its lower leg bones,^x its^y inner parts,^z and its offal— ¹²he shall carry^a all of the bull outside the camp^b to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ashes’ dump, and he shall burn it on wood in the fire; it must be burned up on the fatty ashes’ dump.

¹³“ ‘If^c Israel’s whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter^d was concealed from the assembly’s eyes, and they acted^e against any of^f Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,^g so that^h they incur guilt, ¹⁴whenⁱ the sin that they have committed^j against that command^k becomes known, the assembly^l shall present a young bull^m as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of assembly. ¹⁵And the elders of the community shall place their hands on the bull’s head before Yahweh, and heⁿ shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh. ¹⁶Then the anointed priest shall bring some of^o the bull’s blood to the tent of assembly, ¹⁷and the priest shall dip his finger in^p the blood and shall spatter it seven times before Yahweh in front of the curtain. ¹⁸He must put^q some of^r the blood on the altar’s horns before Yahweh in the tent of assembly,^s and all the rest^t of the blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the tent of assembly’s entrance. ¹⁹He must remove^u all its fat from it, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar. ²⁰He shall do^v to the bull just as^w he did to the sin offering’s bull, so he must do to it. The priest^x shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.^y ²¹He shall bring^z the rest of^a the bull outside the camp,^b and he shall burn it just as^c he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

²²“ ‘When a leader sins and commits^d an unintentional wrong against any of^e the commands of Yahweh his God that should not be violated,^f so that^g he incurs guilt, ²³or his sin he has committed^h is made known to him, he shall bringⁱ a male goat^j without defect as his offering. ²⁴He shall place^k his hand on the he-goat’s head and slaughter it in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering. ²⁵The priest^l shall take some of^m the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest ofⁿ its blood on the base of the altar of the burnt offering. ²⁶He^o must turn all of its fat into smoke on the altar like the fat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of^p his sin, and he will be forgiven.^q

²⁷“ ‘If^r anyone^s of the people of the land sins by an unintentional wrong by violating^t one of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,^u so that^v he incurs guilt, ²⁸or his sin he has committed^w is made known to him, he shall bring^x as his offering a female goat without defect^y as his offering for his sin that he committed.^z ²⁹He shall place^a his hand on the sin offering’s head and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. ³⁰The priest^b shall take some of^c its blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of^d its blood on the altar’s base. ³¹He^e must remove all of its fat just as^f the fat was removed from^g the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. The priest^h shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.ⁱ

³²“ ‘But^j if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he must bring a female without defect. ³³He shall place^k his hand on the sin offering’s head, and he shall slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering. ³⁴The priest^l shall take some of^m the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the restⁿ of its blood on the altar’s base. ³⁵He must remove^o all of its fat just as^p the lamb’s fat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice was removed, and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar upon Yahweh’s offerings made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him because of^q his sin that he committed,^r and he will be forgiven.’ ”^s

More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings

5“ ‘When a person^a sins in that^b he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, then^c he shall bear his guilt. ²Or if a person^d touches anything unclean, whether^e an unclean wild^f animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, but^g he is unaware of it,^h he is unclean and he is guilty. ³Or when he touches human uncleanness, namelyⁱ any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, but^j he is unaware of it,^k and he himself finds out, then^l he will be guilty. ⁴Or when a person^m swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard toⁿ anything that the person in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but^o he is unaware of it,^p and he finds out, he will be guilty in any of^q these. ⁵When he becomes guilty in any of^r these, he shall confess^s what he has sinned regarding^t it, ⁶and he shall bring his guilt offering to^u Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:^v a female from the flock,^w a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,^x as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for^y his sin.

⁷“ ‘If^z he cannot afford a sheep,^a he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves^b for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. ⁸He shall bring^c them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest^d shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,^e but^f he must not sever it, ⁹and he shall spatter some of^g the sin offering’s blood on the altar’s side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar’s base; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰The second^h bird he must prepare as a burnt offering according to the regulation, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed,ⁱ and he shall be forgiven.

¹¹“ ‘But^j if he cannot afford^k two turtledoves or two young doves,^l then,^m because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of anⁿ ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put^o oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. ¹²He shall bring^p it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it^q for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to^r the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. ¹³Thus^s the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has committed^t in any of these,^u and he shall be forgiven. It shall be^v for the priest, like the grain offering.’ ”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴Then^w Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁵“When a person^x displays infidelity^y and he sins in an unintentional wrong in any of^z Yahweh’s holy things, then^a he shall bring his guilt offering to^b Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock^c as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekels^d according to the sanctuary shekel. ¹⁶And he shall make restitution for what he sinned because of^e a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of its value^f onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priest^g shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

¹⁷“If^h a personⁱ when he sins violates^j one from all of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,^k but^l he did not know, then^m he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. ¹⁸He shall bringⁿ to the priest a ram without defect from the flock^o as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (although^p he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. ¹⁹It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh.”

Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings

6^a Then^b Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²“When a person^c displays infidelity^d against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding^e something entrusted or a pledge^f or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen, ³or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely^g in regard to^h any one of these things by which a personⁱ…

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Footnotes

aOr “And”
bLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
cOr “a soul”
dLiterally “done”
eLiterally “does”
fLiterally “from one from them”; see NET
gLiterally “to the guilt of the people”
hOr “and”
iLiterally “sinned”
jLiterally “a bull, a son of cattle”
kOr “And he shall bring”
lOr “And place”
mOr “And the anointed priest”
nLiterally “from”
oLiterally “from”
pOr “And the priest”
qLiterally “from”
rImplied by the context
sOr “And he must remove”
tOr “entrails”
uOr “entrails”
vOr “and the two”
wOr “And”
xLiterally “and in addition to its lower leg bones”
yOr “and its”
zOr “entrails”
aOr “and he shall carry out”
bLiterally “to from an outside place of the camp”
cOr “And if”
dOr “thing”
eOr “did”
fLiterally “one from all of”
gLiterally “done”
hOr “and”
iOr “and”
jLiterally “sinned”
kThe 3fs pronominal suffix may refer to “one of Yahweh’s commands”—“one” is also fs
lOr “and the assembly”
mLiterally “a bull, a son of cattle”
nOr “someone”; see NET—the 3ms refers to either one of the elders or the priest
oLiterally “from”
pOr “from”
qOr “And he must put”
rLiterally “from”
sLiterally “which is in the tent of assembly”—the reference is to the altar
tIndicated by the context
uOr “And he must remove”
vOr “And he shall do”
wLiterally “as that”
xOr “And the priest”
yLiterally “it shall be forgiven to them”
zOr “And he shall bring out”
aIndicated by the context
bLiterally “to from an outside place of the camp”
cLiterally “as that”
dOr “does”
eLiterally “one from all of”
fLiterally “done”
gOr “and”
hLiterally “sinned”
iOr “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring”
jLiterally “a he-goat of goats a male”
kOr “And he shall place”
lOr “And the priest”
mLiterally “from”
nIndicated by context
oOr “And he”; the antecedent is the priest (cp. vv. 10, 31)
pLiterally “from”
qLiterally “it shall be forgiven to him”
rOr “And if”
sLiterally “a soul one”
tLiterally “doing”
uLiterally “done”
vOr “and”
wLiterally “sinned”
xOr “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring”
yLiterally “a she-goat of goats without defect a female”
zLiterally “sinned”
aOr “And he shall place”
bOr “And the priest”
cLiterally “from”
dIndicated by context
eOr “And he”
fLiterally “as that”
gOr “from on” or “from upon”
hOr “And the priest”
iLiterally “it shall be forgiven to him”
jOr “And”
kOr “And he shall place”
lOr “And the priest”
mLiterally “from”
nIndicated by context
oOr “And he must remove”
pLiterally “as that”
qOr “for”
rLiterally “sinned”
sLiterally “it will be forgiven to him”
aOr “a soul”
bOr “and”
cOr “and”
dOr “a soul”
eLiterally “or”
fImplied by the following phrase specifying domestic animals
gOr “and”
hLiterally “it is concealed from him”
iLiterally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
jOr “and”
kLiterally “it is concealed from him”
lOr “and”
mOr “a soul”
nLiterally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
oOr “and”
pLiterally “it is concealed from him”
qLiterally “for one of”
rLiterally “for one of”
sOr “and he shall confess”
tLiterally “upon” or “against”
uOr “for”
vLiterally “sinned”
wThe Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
xLiterally “a she-goat of goats”
yHebrew “from”
zOr “And if”
aLiterally “his hand does not touch enough of small livestock”
bLiterally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
cOr “And he shall bring”
dRequired by the previous action (see NET)
eLiterally “from opposite its neck”
fOr “and”
gLiterally “from”
hOr “And the second”
iLiterally “sinned”
jOr “And”
kLiterally “his hand cannot produce for”
lLiterally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
mOr “and”
nHebrew “the”
oOr “And he must not put”
pOr “And he shall bring”
qLiterally “shall scoop up from it the fullness of his handful”
rLiterally “on” or “upon”
sOr “And”
tLiterally “sinned”
uLiterally “from one from these”
vOr “And it shall be”
wOr “And”
xOr “a soul”
yLiterally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
zLiterally “from”
aOr “and”
bOr “for”
cThe Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
dOr “convertible into silver shekels” (NET, NRSV, TNK), “of the proper value in silver” (NIV; cp. ESV “valued in silver shekels,” CSB), or “or you may buy one of equal value with silver” (NLT)
eLiterally “from” (see HALOT 598)
fLiterally “it”
gOr “And the priest”
hOr “And if”
iOr “a soul”
jLiterally “and she/it does”
kLiterally “they are to be done”
lOr “and”
mOr “and”
nOr “And he shall bring”
oThe Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
pOr “and”
a Leviticus 6:1–30 in the English Bible is 5:20–6:23 in the Hebrew Bible
bOr “And”
cOr “a soul”
dLiterally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
eLiterally “in”
fLiterally “a pledge of a hand”
gLiterally “in accordance with deception”
hLiterally “on” or “upon”
iLiterally “the man”