Leviticus 4:1-35

Laws for Sin Offerings

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, u If anyone sins unintentionally 1 in any of the Lord's commandments v about things not to be done, and does any one of them, 3 if it is the anointed priest who w sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed x a bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. 4 He shall bring the bull to the y 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. 5 And the anointed priest z shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and z sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest a shall 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 b all 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. 8 And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, c the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 9 d and 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. 11 But e the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung - 12 all the rest of the bull - he shall carry f outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall g burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

13 h "If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally 2 and i the 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 14 j 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. 15 And the elders of the congregation k shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. 16 Then l the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. 18 And 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. 19 And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar. 20 Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did m with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. n And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 21 And he shall carry the bull f outside 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, o doing 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, 23 or p the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish, 24 and q shall 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. 25 r Then 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. 26 And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like s the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So t the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

27 "If u anyone 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, 28 v or 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. 29 w And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. 30 And 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. 31 And x all its fat he shall remove, y as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a z pleasing aroma to the Lord. a And 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 b a female without blemish 33 w and 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. 34 Then 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. 35 And all its fat he shall remove c as 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. d And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:15
    If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
    Leviticus 5:18
    He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.
    Psalms 19:12
    Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
    Numbers 15:22 - 29
    But if you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:13
    If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the 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.
    Leviticus 4:22
    When a leader sins, doing 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.
    Leviticus 4:27
    If anyone 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.
    Leviticus 5:17
    If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord 's commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity.
  3. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:27 - 28
    He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 9:2
    And he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:3 - 4
    If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:16 - 17
    Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting.
    Leviticus 5:9
    And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.
    Leviticus 16:14
    And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
    Numbers 19:4
    And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
    Isaiah 52:15
    So shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:5
    And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:15
    And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it.
    Leviticus 9:9
    And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
    Leviticus 16:18
    Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
    Exodus 39:38
    The golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:9
    And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.
    Leviticus 8:15
    And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it.
    Leviticus 9:9
    And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
    Exodus 29:12
    And shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3
    And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:4
    And 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.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 9:11
    The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.
    Exodus 29:14
    But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
    Numbers 19:5
    And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:11
    Then he shall take off his garments and put on ...
    Leviticus 10:4 - 5
    And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons...
    Leviticus 14:3
    And the priest shall go out of the camp, and th...
    Leviticus 16:27
    And the bull for the sin offering and the goat ...
    Leviticus 24:14
    Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and l...
    Leviticus 24:23
    So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and the...
    Exodus 29:14
    But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its ...
    Exodus 33:7
    Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it ou...
  14. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:11
    For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 15:24 - 26
    Then if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and one male goat for a sin offering.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:2 - 4
    Or if 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.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:23
    Or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:4
    He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:5 - 12
    And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:3
    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.
  21. Cross References
    Numbers 15:25
    And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake.
    Numbers 15:28
    And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
  22. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:12
    All the rest of the bull - he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:2
    Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord 's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them.
    Leviticus 4:13
    If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the 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.
    Leviticus 4:27
    If anyone 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.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:14
    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.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:4
    He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
  26. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:7
    And the priest shall 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 all 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.
    Leviticus 4:18
    And 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.
    Leviticus 4:30
    And 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.
    Leviticus 4:34
    Then 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.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:31
    And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
    Leviticus 3:3
    And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
    Leviticus 3:5
    Then Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:20
    Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with ...
    Leviticus 4:31
    And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is ...
    Leviticus 4:35
    And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of t...
    Leviticus 5:10
    Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offe...
    Leviticus 5:13
    Thus the priest shall make atonement for him fo...
    Leviticus 5:16
    He shall also make restitution for what he has ...
    Leviticus 5:18
    He shall bring to the priest a ram without blem...
    Leviticus 6:7
    And the priest shall make atonement for him bef...
    Leviticus 14:18
    And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's...
    Leviticus 15:15
    And the priest shall use them, one for a sin of...
  29. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:2
    Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord 's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them.
    Numbers 15:27
    If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
  30. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:14
    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.
    Leviticus 4:23
    Or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
  31. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:4
    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.
    Leviticus 4:15
    And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord.
    Leviticus 4:24
    And shall 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.
    Leviticus 1:4
    He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:14
    Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the Lord, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:10
    (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.
    Leviticus 4:26
    And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
    Leviticus 3:3
    And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
  34. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:9
    But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
    Genesis 8:21
    And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
  35. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:20
    Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
    Leviticus 4:26
    And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
    Leviticus 4:35
    And all its fat he shall remove as 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. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.
  36. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:28
    Or 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.
  37. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:29
    And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
  38. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3
    And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
    Leviticus 3:9
    Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering he shall offer as a food offering to the Lord its fat; he shall remove the whole fat tail, cut off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
  39. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:20
    Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
    Leviticus 4:26
    And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
    Leviticus 4:31
    And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
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