And the anointed priest (A)shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and (B)sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest (C)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 (D)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. And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, (E)the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails (F)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 (G)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 (H)outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall (I)burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

13 (J)“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally[a] and (K)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,[b] 14 (L)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 (M)shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. 16 Then (N)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 (O)with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. (P)And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.

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  1. Leviticus 4:13 Or makes a mistake
  2. Leviticus 4:13 Or suffer for their guilt, or are guilty; also verses 22, 27, and chapter 5

Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood(A) and carry it into the tent of meeting. He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle(B) some of it seven times before the Lord,(C) in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.(D) The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns(E) of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar(F) of burnt offering(G) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He shall remove all the fat(H) from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs, both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys(I) 10 just as the fat is removed from the ox[a](J) sacrificed as a fellowship offering.(K) Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.(L) 11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines(M) 12 that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp(N) to a place ceremonially clean,(O) where the ashes(P) are thrown, and burn it(Q) there in a wood fire on the ash heap.(R)

13 “‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally(S) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt 14 and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull(T) as a sin offering(U) and present it before the tent of meeting. 15 The elders(V) of the community are to lay their hands(W) on the bull’s head(X) before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.(Y) 16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood(Z) into the tent of meeting. 17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle(AA) it before the Lord(AB) seven times in front of the curtain. 18 He is to put some of the blood(AC) on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord(AD) in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar(AE) of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 He shall remove all the fat(AF) from it and burn it on the altar,(AG) 20 and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement(AH) for the community, and they will be forgiven.(AI)

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  1. Leviticus 4:10 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.