20 And he shall do (A)with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. (B)So the priest shall make [a]atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the assembly.

22 ‘When a [b]ruler has sinned, and (C)done something unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord his God in anything which should not be done, and is guilty,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:20 Lit. covering
  2. Leviticus 4:22 leader

20 Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did (A)with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. (B)And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 21 And he shall carry the bull (C)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, (D)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,

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20 He is to do to this bull what he did to the bull for the sin offering. He is to do it this way so that the priest will make atonement for them and they will be forgiven. 21 Then he is to bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he had burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the congregation.”

Sin Offerings for Rulers

22 “When a ruler inadvertently sins, disobeying any one of the commands of the Lord his God that should not be violated, he will be guilty.

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