Leviticus 4:27-6:12

English Standard Version

²⁷ “If ^(A)anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, ^28 (B)or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. ^29 (C)And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. ³⁰ And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. ³¹ And ^(D)all its fat he shall remove, ^(E)as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a ^(F)pleasing aroma to the Lord. ^(G)And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

³² “If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring ^(H)a female without blemish ^33 (I)and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. ³⁴ Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. ³⁵ And all its fat he shall remove ^(J)as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the Lord's food offerings. ^(K)And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

5 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public ^(L)adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall ^(M)bear his iniquity; ² or ^(N)if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; ³ or if he touches ^(O)human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt; ⁴ or if anyone utters with his lips a ^(P)rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people ^(Q)swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; ⁵ when he realizes his guilt in any of these and ^(R)confesses the sin he has committed, ⁶ he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation^[a] for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

⁷ “But ^(S)if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two ^(T)turtledoves or two pigeons,^[b] one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. ⁸ He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall ^(U)wring its head from its neck ^(V)but shall not sever it completely, ⁹ and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while ^(W)the rest of the blood shall be drained out ^(X)at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰ Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. ^(Y)And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

¹¹ “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a ^(Z)tenth of an ephah^[c] of fine flour for a sin offering. He ^(AA)shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹² And he shall bring it to ^(AB)the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and ^(AC)burn this on the altar, on the Lord's food offerings; it is a sin offering. ¹³ Thus ^(AD)the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder^[d] shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^15 (AE)“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, ^(AF)he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued^[e] in silver shekels,^[f] according to the ^(AG)shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. ¹⁶ He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and ^(AH)shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^(AI)And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

^17 (AJ)“If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, ^(AK)though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. ^18 (AL)He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and ^(AM)the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before^[g] the Lord.”

6 ^[h] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “If anyone sins and ^(AN)commits a breach of faith against the Lord by ^(AO)deceiving his neighbor in ^(AP)a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or ^(AQ)if he has oppressed his neighbor ³ or ^(AR)has found something lost and lied about it, ^(AS)swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— ⁴ if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore ^(AT)what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found ⁵ or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall ^(AU)restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. ⁶ And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord ^(AV)a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering. ^7 (AW)And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.”

The Priests and the Offerings

^8 [i] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹ “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. ¹⁰ And ^(AX)the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them ^(AY)beside the altar. ¹¹ Then ^(AZ)he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes ^(BA)outside the camp to a clean place. ¹² The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it ^(BB)the fat of the peace offerings.