11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering[a](A) and the other as a burnt offering(B) to make atonement(C) for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:11 Or purification offering; also in verses 14 and 16

30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as the person can afford,(A) 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,(B) together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.(C)

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They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck,(A) not dividing it completely,(B) and is to splash(C) some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar;(D) the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar.(E) It is a sin offering. 10 The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way(F) and make atonement(G) for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.(H)

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