The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Leviticus 04
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of
the things which Yahweh has commanded
not to be done, and does any one of them,
3 if the anointed priest sins so as to bring
guilt on the people, then let him offer for
his sin which he has sinned a young bull
withoutdefecttoYahwehfor a sinoffering.
4 He shall bring the bull to the door of
the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he
shall lay his hand on the head of the bull,
and kill the bull before Yahweh.
5 The anointed priest shall take some of
the blood of the bull, and bring it to the
Tent of Meeting.
6 The priest shall dip his finger in the
blood, and sprinkle some of the blood
seven times before Yahweh, before the veil
of the sanctuary.
7 The priest shall put some of the blood
on the horns of the altar of sweet incense
before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of
Meeting; and he shall pour out the rest of
the blood of the bull at the base of the altar
of burnt offering, which is at the door of
the Tent of Meeting.
8 He shall take all the fat of the bull of
the sin offering from it: the fat that covers
the innards, and all the fat that is on the
innards,
9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that
is on them, which is by the loins, and the
cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he
shall remove,
10 as it is removed from the bull of the
sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest
shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
11 He shall carry the bull’s skin, all its
meat, with its head, and with its legs, its
innards, and its dung
12 —all the rest of the bull—outside of
the camp to a clean place where the ashes
are poured out, and burn it on wood with
fire. It shall be burned where the ashes are
poured out.
13 “ ‘If the whole congregation of Israel
sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes
of the assembly, and they have done any of
the things which Yahweh has commanded
not to be done, and are guilty;
14 when the sin in which they have
sinned is known, then the assembly shall
offer a young bull for a sin offering, and
bring it before the Tent of Meeting.
15 The elders of the congregation shall
lay their hands on the head of the bull
before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed
before Yahweh.
16 The anointed priest shall bring some
of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting.
17 The priest shall dip his finger in the
blood and sprinkle it seven times before
Yahweh, before the veil.
18 He shall put some of the blood on the
horns of the altar which is before Yahweh,
that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest
of the blood he shall pour out at the base of
the altar of burnt offering, which is at the
door of the Tent of Meeting.
19 All its fat he shall take from it, and
burn it on the altar.
20 He shall do this with the bull; as he
did with the bull of the sin offering, so
he shall do with this; and the priest shall
make atonement for them, and they shall
be forgiven.
21 He shall carry the bull outside the
camp, and burn it as he burned the first
bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
22 “ ‘When a ruler sins, and unwittingly
does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be
done, and is guilty,
23 if his sin in which he has sinned is
made known to him, he shall bring as his
offering a goat, a male without defect.
24 He shall lay his hand on the head ofthe
goat, and kill it in the place where they kill
the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a
sin offering.
25 The priest shall take some of the blood
ofthe sin offering with his finger, and putit
on the horns of the altar of burnt offering.
He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the
base of the altar of burnt offering.
26 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like
the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be
forgiven.
27 “ ‘If anyone of the common people
sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things
which Yahweh has commanded not to be
done, and is guilty,
28 if his sin which he has sinned is made
known to him, then he shall bring for his
offering a goat, a female without defect,for
his sin which he has sinned.
29 He shall lay his hand on the head ofthe
sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the
place of burnt offering.
30 The priest shall take some of its blood
with his finger, and put it on the horns of
the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of
its blood he shall pour out atthe base ofthe
altar.
31 All its fat he shalltake away, like the fat
is taken away from the sacrifice of peace
offerings; and the priest shall burn it on
the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh;
and the priest shall make atonement for
him, and he will be forgiven.
32 “ ‘If he brings a lamb as his offering
for a sin offering, he shall bring a female
without defect.
33 He shall lay his hand on the head ofthe
sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in
the place where they kill the burnt offering.
34 The priest shall take some of the blood
ofthe sin offering with his finger, and putit
on the horns of the altar of burnt offering;
andallthe rest ofitsbloodhe shallpour out
at the base of the altar.
35 He shall remove all its fat, like the fat
of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice
of peace offerings. The priest shall burn
them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. The priest shall make
atonement for him concerning his sin that
he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.