Leviticus 4:1–21

The Law of Sin Offerings

¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins ^aunintentionally in any of the ¹things which the Lord has ^bcommanded not to be done, and commits any of them,

^3aif the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord a ¹bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has ²committed.

⁴‘He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and ^ahe shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slay the bull before the Lord.

⁵‘Then the ^aanointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting,

⁶and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of ^athe veil of the sanctuary.

⁷‘The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of ^athe altar of fragrant incense which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

⁸‘^aHe shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails,

⁹and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ¹lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^awith the kidneys

¹⁰(just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings), and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering.

¹¹‘But ^athe hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,

¹²¹that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to ^aa clean place outside the camp where the ²ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

¹³‘^aNow if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter ¹escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the ²things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;

^14awhen the sin ¹which they have ²committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer ^ba ³bull of the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting.

¹⁵‘Then ^athe elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slain ^bbefore the Lord.

¹⁶‘Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting;

¹⁷and ^athe priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil.

¹⁸‘He shall put some of the blood on the horns of ^athe altar which is before the Lord ¹in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

¹⁹‘^aHe shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar.

²⁰‘He shall also do with the bull just as he did with ^athe bull of the sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So ^bthe priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.

²¹‘Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is ^athe sin offering for the assembly.