³“ ‘If the anointed priestⁱ sins,^j bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull^k without defect^l as a sin offering^a^m for the sin he has committed.ⁿ ⁴He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord.^o He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord.

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Footnotes

aOr purification offering; here and throughout this chapter

Cross references

iSee Ex 28:41
jSee Ge 18:23
kver 14; Lev 3:12; 8:14; 10:16; 16:3, 5; Nu 15:27; Ps 66:15; Eze 43:19, 23
lSee Ex 12:5
mSee ver 24; See Ex 30:10; Lev 5:6–13; 9:2–22; Heb 9:13–14
nver 32
over 15, 24; Lev 1:3; Nu 8:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. He shall bring the bull to the entrance 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he is to present to the Lord a young, unblemished bull as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He is to bring the bull to the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

“If the high priest sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the Lord a young bull with no defects. He must bring the bull to the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then, concerning the sin that he has committed, he shall bring a young bull without defect for Yahweh as a sin offering. He shall bring the bull to the tent of assembly’s entrance before Yahweh, place his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter the bull before Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering. And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.

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