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Laws for Sin Offerings

Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites,[b] saying, ‘If a person[c] sins by an unintentional wrong from any of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[d] and he violates[e] any of them[f] if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people,[g] then,[h] concerning the sin that he has committed,[i] he shall bring a young bull[j] without defect for Yahweh as a sin offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:1 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 4:2 Or “a soul”
  4. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “done”
  5. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “does”
  6. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “from one from them”; see NET
  7. Leviticus 4:3 Literally “to the guilt of the people”
  8. Leviticus 4:3 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 4:3 Literally “sinned”
  10. Leviticus 4:3 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”

The Sin Offering

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands(B)

“‘If the anointed priest(C) sins,(D) bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull(E) without defect(F) as a sin offering[a](G) for the sin he has committed.(H)

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Footnotes

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