30 But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement(A) in the Holy Place(B) must not be eaten; it must be burned up.(C)

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11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(A) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(B)

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18 Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place,(A) you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.(B)

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“‘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. He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle(I) some of it seven times before the Lord,(J) in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.(K) The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns(L) 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(M) of burnt offering(N) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He shall remove all the fat(O) 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(P) 10 just as the fat is removed from the ox[b](Q) sacrificed as a fellowship offering.(R) Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.(S) 11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines(T) 12 that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp(U) to a place ceremonially clean,(V) where the ashes(W) are thrown, and burn it(X) there in a wood fire on the ash heap.(Y)

13 “‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally(Z) 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(AA) as a sin offering(AB) and present it before the tent of meeting. 15 The elders(AC) of the community are to lay their hands(AD) on the bull’s head(AE) before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.(AF) 16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood(AG) into the tent of meeting. 17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle(AH) it before the Lord(AI) seven times in front of the curtain. 18 He is to put some of the blood(AJ) on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord(AK) in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar(AL) of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 He shall remove all the fat(AM) from it and burn it on the altar,(AN) 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(AO) for the community, and they will be forgiven.(AP) 21 Then he shall take the bull outside the camp(AQ) and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.(AR)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter
  2. Leviticus 4:10 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.

The Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ came as high priest(A) of the good things that are now already here,[a](B) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle(C) that is not made with human hands,(D) that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;(E) but he entered the Most Holy Place(F) once for all(G) by his own blood,(H) thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:11 Some early manuscripts are to come
  2. Hebrews 9:12 Or blood, having obtained

27 The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp;(A) their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up. 28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.(B)

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