Leviticus 4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 1 The offering for sins done of ignorance. 3 For the Priest, the Congregation, the ruler, and private man.
1 Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If [a]any shall sin through [b]ignorance, in any of the commandments of the Lord, (which ought not to be done) but shall do contrary to any of them,
3 If [c]the Priest that is anointed do sin (according to the sin of the people) then shall he offer, for his sin which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering,
4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord, and shall put his hand upon the bullock’s head, and [d]kill the bullock before the Lord.
5 And the Priest that is anointed, shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
6 Then the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the [e]Sanctuary.
7 The Priest also shall put some of the blood before the Lord, upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense, which is in the [f]Tabernacle of the Congregation, then shall he pour (A)all the rest of the blood of the bullock at the foot of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
8 And he shall take away all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering: to wit, the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is about the inwards.
9 He shall take away also the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and upon the flanks, and the caul upon the liver with the kidneys,
10 As it was taken away from the bullock of the peace offerings, and the Priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt offering.
11 (B)But the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and his legs, and his inwards, and his dung shall he bear out.
12 So he shall carry the whole bullock out of the (C)host unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured, and shall burn him on the wood in the fire: where the ashes are cast out, shall he be burnt.
13 ¶ And if the [g]whole Congregation of Israel shall sin through ignorance, and the thing be (D)hid from the eyes of the multitude, and have done against any of the commandments of the Lord which should not be done, and have offended:
14 When the sin which they have committed shall be known, then the Congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
15 And the [h]Elders of the Congregation shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord, and [i]he shall kill the bullock before the Lord.
16 Then the Priest that is anointed, shall bring of the bullock’s blood into the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
17 And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the veil.
18 Also he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar, which is before the Lord, that is in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then shall he pour all the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and [j]burn it upon the altar.
20 And the Priest shall do with his bullock, as he did with the bullock for his sin: so shall he do with this: so the Priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
21 For he shall carry the bullock without the host, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: for it is an offering for the sin of the Congregation.
22 ¶ When a ruler shall sin, and do through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God, which should not be done, and shall offend,
23 If one show unto him his sin, which he hath committed, then shall he bring for his offering an [k]he goat without blemish,
24 And shall lay his hand upon the head of the he goat, and kill it in [l]the place where he should kill the burnt offering before the Lord: for it is a sin offering.
25 Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the burnt offering altar, and shall pour the rest of his blood at the foot of the burnt offering altar,
26 And shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the peace offering: so the Priest shall make [m]an atonement for him, concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
27 ¶ Likewise if any of the [n]people of the land shall sin through ignorance in doing against any of the commandments of the Lord, which should not be done, and shall offend,
28 If one show him his sin which he hath committed, then he shall bring for his offering, [o]a she goat without blemish for his sin which he hath committed.
29 [p]And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
30 Then the Priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the burnt offering altar, and pour all the rest of the blood thereof at the foot of the altar,
31 And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offerings is taken away, and the Priest shall burn it upon the altar for a (E)sweet savor unto the Lord, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
32 And if he bring a lamb for his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
33 And shall lay his [q]hand upon the head of the sin offering, and he shall slay it for a sin offering in the place where he should kill the burnt offering.
34 Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the burnt offering altar, and shall pour all the rest of the blood thereof at the foot of the altar.
35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb of the peace offerings is taken away: then the Priest shall burn it upon the altar [r]with the oblations of the Lord made by fire, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
5 1 Of him that testifieth the truth. 4 Of him that voweth rashly. 15 Of him that by ignorance withdraweth anything dedicated to the Lord.
1 Also if [s]any have sinned, that is, [t]if he have heard the voice of an oath, and he can be a witness, whether he hath seen or [u]known of it, if he do not utter it, he shall bear his iniquity:
2 Either if one touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carrion of an unclean beast, or a carrion of unclean cattle, or a carrion of unclean creeping things, and is not ware of it, yet he is unclean, and hath offended:
3 Either if he touch any uncleanness of man (whatsoever uncleanness it be, that he is defiled with) and is not ware of it, and after cometh to the knowledge of it, he hath sinned:
4 Either if any [v]swear and pronounce with his lips to do evil, or to do good (whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath) and it be hid from him, and after knoweth that he hath offended in one of these points,
5 When he hath sinned in any of these [w]things, then he shall confess that he hath sinned therein.
6 Therefore shall he bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath committed, even a female from the flock, be it a lamb or a she goat for a sin offering, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
7 But [x]if he be not able to bring a sheep, he shall bring for his trespass which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons unto the Lord, one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
8 So he shall bring them unto the Priest, who shall offer the sin offering first, and (F)wring the neck of it asunder, but not pluck it clean off.
9 After he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be [y]shed at the foot of the altar: for it is a sin offering.
10 Also he shall offer the second for a burnt offering [z]as the manner is: so shall the Priest [aa]make an atonement for him (for his sin which he hath committed) and it shall be forgiven him.
11 ¶ But if he (G)be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that hath sinned, shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an [ab]Ephah of fine flour for a sin offering, he shall put none [ac]oil thereto, neither put any incense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
12 Then shall he bring it to the Priest, and the Priest shall take his handful of it for the (H)remembrance thereof, and burn it upon the altar (I)with the offerings of the Lord made by fire: for it is a sin offering.
13 So the Priest shall make an atonement for him, as touching his sin, that he hath committed in one of these points, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the Priest’s, as the meat offering.
14 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
15 If any person transgress and sin through ignorance [ad]by taking away things consecrated unto the Lord, he shall then bring for his trespass offering unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flock, worth two shekels of silver [ae]by thy estimation after the shekel of the Sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
16 So he shall restore that wherein he hath offended, in taking away of the holy thing, and shall put the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto the Priest: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
17 ¶ Also if any sin and (J)do against any of the Commandments of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and know not, and [af]sin and bear his iniquity,
18 Then shall he bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, in thy estimation worth (K)two shekels for a trespass offering unto the Priest: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his [ag]ignorance wherein he erred, and was not ware: so it shall be forgiven him.
19 This is the trespass offering for the trespass committed against the Lord.
6 6 The offering for sins which are done willingly. 9 The law of the burnt offerings. 13 The fire must abide evermore upon the altar. 14 The law of the meat offering. 20 The offerings of Aaron, and his sons.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 If any sin and commit a trespass against the Lord, and deny unto his neighbor that which was taken him to keep, or that which was put to him[ah]of trust, or doth by [ai]robbery, or by violence oppress his neighbor,
3 Or hath found that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, (L)for any of these things that a man doeth, wherein he [aj]sinneth:
4 When, I say, he thus sinneth and trespasseth, he shall then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which he took by force, or the thing which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
5 Or for whatsoever he hath sworn falsely, he shall both restore it in the whole (M)sum, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it pertaineth, the same day that he offereth for his trespass.
6 Also he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the (N)flock in thy estimation worth two shekels for a trespass offering unto the Priest.
7 And the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, and it shall be forgiven him, whatsoever thing he hath done, and trespassed therein.
8 ¶ Then the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the [ak]law of the burnt offering, (it is the burnt offering because it burneth upon the altar all the night unto the morning, and the fire burneth on the altar).
10 And the Priest shall put on his linen garment, and shall put on his linen breeches upon [al]his flesh, and take away the ashes when the fire hath consumed the burnt offering upon the altar, and he shall put them beside the [am]altar.
11 After, he shall put off his garments, and put on other raiment, and carry the ashes forth without the host unto a clean place.
12 But the fire upon the altar shall burn thereon and never be put out: wherefore the Priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
13 The fire shall ever burn upon the altar, and never go out.
14 ¶ (O)Also this is the law of the meat offering, which Aaron’s sons shall offer in the presence of the Lord, before the altar.
15 He shall even take thence his handful of fine flour of the meat offering and of the oil, and all the incense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, as a (P)memorial therefore unto the Lord:
16 But the rest thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be eaten without leaven in the holy place: in the court of the Tabernacle of the Congregation they shall eat it.
17 It shall not be [an]baked with leaven: I have given it for their portion of mine offering made by fire: for it is as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it: It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: (Q)whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy:
19 ¶ Again the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an (R)Ephah of fine flour, for a meat offering [ao]perpetual: half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
21 In the frying pan it shall be made with oil: thou shalt bring it fried, and shalt offer the [ap]baked pieces of the meat offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord.
22 And the Priest that is [aq]anointed in his stead, among his sons shall offer it: It is the Lord’s ordinance forever, it shall be burnt altogether.
23 For every meat offering of the Priest shall be burnt altogether, it shall not be eaten.
24 ¶ Furthermore, the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
25 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and say, This is the Law of the sin offering, In the place where the burnt offering is killed, shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord, for it is most holy.
26 The Priest that offereth this sin offering, shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there droppeth of the blood thereof upon a [ar]garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it droppeth in the holy place.
28 Also the earthen pot that it is sodden in, shall be broken, but if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall both be scoured and washed with [as]water.
29 All the males among the Priests shall eat thereof, for it is most holy.
30 (S)But no sin offering, whose blood is brought into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to make reconciliation in the holy place, shall be eaten, but shall be burnt with [at]fire.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 4:2 Hebrew, a soul.
- Leviticus 4:2 That is, of negligence or ignorance, specially in the ceremonial law: for otherwise the punishment for crime [is] appointed according to the transgression, Num. 15:22.
- Leviticus 4:3 Meaning, the high Priest.
- Leviticus 4:4 Hereby confessing that he deserved the same punishment which the beast suffered.
- Leviticus 4:6 Which was between the Holiest of all, and the Sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:7 Which was in the court: meaning by the Tabernacle the Sanctuary: and in the end of this verse it is taken for the court.
- Leviticus 4:13 The multitude excuseth not the sin, but if all have sinned, they must all be punished.
- Leviticus 4:15 For all the people could not lay on their hands: therefore it was sufficient that the Ancients of the people did it in the name of all the Congregation.
- Leviticus 4:15 Or, the Priest.
- Leviticus 4:19 Or, make a perfume with it.
- Leviticus 4:23 Or, the male goat of the fold.
- Leviticus 4:24 That is, the Priest shall kill it; for it was not lawful for any out of that office to kill the beast.
- Leviticus 4:26 Wherein he represented Jesus Christ.
- Leviticus 4:27 Or, private person.
- Leviticus 4:28 Or, the female of the goats.
- Leviticus 4:29 Read verse 24.
- Leviticus 4:33 Meaning, that the punishment of his sin should be laid upon that beast, or, that he had received all things of God, and offered this willingly.
- Leviticus 4:35 Or, besides the burnt offerings, which were daily offered to the Lord.
- Leviticus 5:1 Hebrew, a soul.
- Leviticus 5:1 Or, if the judge hath taken an oath of any other.
- Leviticus 5:1 Whereby it is commanded to bear witness to the truth, and disclose the iniquity of the ungodly.
- Leviticus 5:4 Or, vow rashly without just examination of the circumstances, and not knowing what shall be the issue of the same.
- Leviticus 5:5 Which have been mentioned before in this Chapter.
- Leviticus 5:7 Hebrew, if his hand cannot touch, meaning for his poverty.
- Leviticus 5:9 Or, poured.
- Leviticus 5:10 Or, according to the Law.
- Leviticus 5:10 Or, declare him to be purged of that sin.
- Leviticus 5:11 Which was about a pottle.
- Leviticus 5:11 As in the meat offering, Lev. 2:1.
- Leviticus 5:15 As touching the firstfruits or tithes, due to the Priests and Levites.
- Leviticus 5:15 By the estimation of the Priest, Lev. 27:12.
- Leviticus 5:17 That is, afterward remembereth that he hath sinned when his conscience doth accuse him.
- Leviticus 5:18 Else if his sin against God come of malice, he must die, Num. 15:30.
- Leviticus 6:2 To bestow, and occupy for the use of him that gave it.
- Leviticus 6:2 By any guile, or unlawful means.
- Leviticus 6:3 Wherein he cannot but sin: or, wherein a man accustometh to sin by perjury or such like thing.
- Leviticus 6:9 That is, the ceremonies which ought to be observed therein.
- Leviticus 6:10 Upon his secret parts, Exod. 28:43.
- Leviticus 6:10 In the ash pans appointed for that use.
- Leviticus 6:17 Or, kneaded with leaven and after baked.
- Leviticus 6:20 So oft as the high Priest shall be elected and anointed.
- Leviticus 6:21 Or, fried.
- Leviticus 6:22 His son that shall succeed him.
- Leviticus 6:27 Meaning, the garment of the Priest.
- Leviticus 6:28 Which was in the laver, Exod. 30:18.
- Leviticus 6:30 Out of the camp, Lev. 4:12.
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