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If it is the anointed priest who has sinned, making the people guilty of sin, he must present to the Lord a flawless bull from the herd as a purification offering[a] for the sin he has committed. He will bring the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the meeting tent and press his hand on the bull’s head. Then he will slaughter the bull before the Lord. The anointed priest will take some of the bull’s blood and take it into the meeting tent.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:3 Or sin offering (Heb hatta’t, which recurs frequently in Leviticus)

“‘If the anointed priest(A) sins,(B) bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull(C) without defect(D) as a sin offering[a](E) for the sin he has committed.(F) He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord.(G) He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord. Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood(H) and carry it into the tent of meeting.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter