Leviticus 4:1-5:13
Lexham English Bible
Laws for Sin Offerings
4 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “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]— 3 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. 4 He shall bring[k] the bull to the tent of assembly’s entrance before Yahweh, place[l] his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter the bull before Yahweh. 5 The anointed priest[m] shall take some of[n] the bull’s blood and shall bring it to the tent of assembly, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and shall spatter some of[o] the blood seven times before Yahweh in front of the sanctuary’s curtain. 7 The priest[p] shall put some of[q] the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of assembly, and all the rest[r] of the bull’s blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of assembly.
8 “‘He must remove[s] all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the inner parts[t] and all of the fat that is on the inner parts,[u] 9 the two[v] kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the liver’s lobe that he must remove in addition to the kidneys— 10 just as it is removed from the ox of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice—and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of the burnt offering. 11 But[w] the bull’s skin and its meat, in addition to its head, its lower leg bones,[x] its[y] inner parts,[z] and its offal— 12 he shall carry[aa] all of the bull outside the camp[ab] to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ashes’ dump, and he shall burn it on wood in the fire; it must be burned up on the fatty ashes’ dump.
13 “‘If[ac] Israel’s whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter[ad] was concealed from the assembly’s eyes, and they acted[ae] against any of[af] Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[ag] so that[ah] they incur guilt, 14 when[ai] the sin that they have committed[aj] against that command[ak] becomes known, the assembly[al] shall present a young bull[am] as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of assembly. 15 And the elders of the community shall place their hands on the bull’s head before Yahweh, and he[an] shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh. 16 Then the anointed priest shall bring some of[ao] the bull’s blood to the tent of assembly, 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in[ap] the blood and shall spatter it seven times before Yahweh in front of the curtain. 18 He must put[aq] some of[ar] the blood on the altar’s horns before Yahweh in the tent of assembly,[as] and all the rest[at] of the blood he must pour out on the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the tent of assembly’s entrance. 19 He must remove[au] all its fat from it, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar. 20 He shall do[av] to the bull just as[aw] he did to the sin offering’s bull, so he must do to it. The priest[ax] shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.[ay] 21 He shall bring[az] the rest of[ba] the bull outside the camp,[bb] and he shall burn it just as[bc] he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
22 “‘When a leader sins and commits[bd] an unintentional wrong against any of[be] the commands of Yahweh his God that should not be violated,[bf] so that[bg] he incurs guilt, 23 or his sin he has committed[bh] is made known to him, he shall bring[bi] a male goat[bj] without defect as his offering. 24 He shall place[bk] his hand on the he-goat’s head and slaughter it in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 25 The priest[bl] shall take some of[bm] the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of[bn] its blood on the base of the altar of the burnt offering. 26 He[bo] must turn all of its fat into smoke on the altar like the fat of the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of[bp] his sin, and he will be forgiven.[bq]
27 “‘If[br] anyone[bs] of the people of the land sins by an unintentional wrong by violating[bt] one of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[bu] so that[bv] he incurs guilt, 28 or his sin he has committed[bw] is made known to him, he shall bring[bx] as his offering a female goat without defect[by] as his offering for his sin that he committed.[bz] 29 He shall place[ca] his hand on the sin offering’s head and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 The priest[cb] shall take some of[cc] its blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of[cd] its blood on the altar’s base. 31 He[ce] must remove all of its fat just as[cf] the fat was removed from[cg] the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. The priest[ch] shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.[ci]
32 “‘But[cj] if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he must bring a female without defect. 33 He shall place[ck] his hand on the sin offering’s head, and he shall slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering. 34 The priest[cl] shall take some of[cm] the sin offering’s blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest[cn] of its blood on the altar’s base. 35 He must remove[co] all of its fat just as[cp] the lamb’s fat from the fellowship offerings’ sacrifice was removed, and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar upon Yahweh’s offerings made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him because of[cq] his sin that he committed,[cr] and he will be forgiven.’”[cs]
More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings
5 “‘When a person[ct] sins in that[cu] he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, then[cv] he shall bear his guilt. 2 Or if a person[cw] touches anything unclean, whether[cx] an unclean wild[cy] animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, but[cz] he is unaware of it,[da] he is unclean and he is guilty. 3 Or when he touches human uncleanness, namely[db] any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, but[dc] he is unaware of it,[dd] and he himself finds out, then[de] he will be guilty. 4 Or when a person[df] swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard to[dg] anything that the person[dh] in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but[di] he is unaware of it,[dj] he will be guilty in any of[dk] these. 5 When he becomes guilty in any of[dl] these, he shall confess[dm] what he has sinned regarding[dn] it, 6 and he shall bring his guilt offering to[do] Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:[dp] a female from the flock,[dq] a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,[dr] as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for[ds] his sin.
7 “‘If[dt] he cannot afford a sheep,[du] he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves[dv] for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bring[dw] them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest[dx] shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,[dy] but[dz] he must not sever it, 9 and he shall spatter some of[ea] the sin offering’s blood on the altar’s side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar’s base; it is a sin offering. 10 The second[eb] bird he must prepare as a burnt offering according to the regulation, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed,[ec] and he shall be forgiven.
11 “‘But[ed] if he cannot afford[ee] two turtledoves or two young doves,[ef] then,[eg] because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of an[eh] ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put[ei] oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12 He shall bring[ej] it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it[ek] for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to[el] the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus[em] the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has committed[en] in any of these,[eo] and he shall be forgiven. It shall be[ep] for the priest, like the grain offering.’”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 4:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 4:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 4:2 Or “a soul”
- Leviticus 4:2 Literally “done”
- Leviticus 4:2 Literally “does”
- Leviticus 4:2 Literally “from one from them”; see NET
- Leviticus 4:3 Literally “to the guilt of the people”
- Leviticus 4:3 Or “and”
- Leviticus 4:3 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 4:3 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
- Leviticus 4:4 Or “And he shall bring”
- Leviticus 4:4 Or “And place”
- Leviticus 4:5 Or “And the anointed priest”
- Leviticus 4:5 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:6 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:7 Or “And the priest”
- Leviticus 4:7 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:7 Implied by the context
- Leviticus 4:8 Or “And he must remove”
- Leviticus 4:8 Or “entrails”
- Leviticus 4:8 Or “entrails”
- Leviticus 4:9 Or “and the two”
- Leviticus 4:11 Or “And”
- Leviticus 4:11 Literally “and in addition to its lower leg bones”
- Leviticus 4:11 Or “and its”
- Leviticus 4:11 Or “entrails”
- Leviticus 4:12 Or “and he shall carry out”
- Leviticus 4:12 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
- Leviticus 4:13 Or “And if”
- Leviticus 4:13 Or “thing”
- Leviticus 4:13 Or “did”
- Leviticus 4:13 Literally “one from all of”
- Leviticus 4:13 Literally “done”
- Leviticus 4:13 Or “and”
- Leviticus 4:14 Or “and”
- Leviticus 4:14 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 4:14 The 3fs pronominal suffix may refer to “one of Yahweh’s commands”—“one” is also fs
- Leviticus 4:14 Or “and the assembly”
- Leviticus 4:14 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
- Leviticus 4:15 Or “someone”; see NET—the 3ms refers to either one of the elders or the priest
- Leviticus 4:16 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:17 Or “from”
- Leviticus 4:18 Or “And he must put”
- Leviticus 4:18 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:18 Literally “which is in the tent of assembly”—the reference is to the altar
- Leviticus 4:18 Indicated by the context
- Leviticus 4:19 Or “And he must remove”
- Leviticus 4:20 Or “And he shall do”
- Leviticus 4:20 Literally “as that”
- Leviticus 4:20 Or “And the priest”
- Leviticus 4:20 Literally “it shall be forgiven to them”
- Leviticus 4:21 Or “And he shall bring out”
- Leviticus 4:21 Indicated by the context
- Leviticus 4:21 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
- Leviticus 4:21 Literally “as that”
- Leviticus 4:22 Or “does”
- Leviticus 4:22 Literally “one from all of”
- Leviticus 4:22 Literally “done”
- Leviticus 4:22 Or “and”
- Leviticus 4:23 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 4:23 Or “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring”
- Leviticus 4:23 Literally “a he-goat of goats a male”
- Leviticus 4:24 Or “And he shall place”
- Leviticus 4:25 Or “And the priest”
- Leviticus 4:25 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:25 Indicated by context
- Leviticus 4:26 Or “And he”; the antecedent is the priest (cp. vv. 10, 31)
- Leviticus 4:26 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:26 Literally “it shall be forgiven to him”
- Leviticus 4:27 Or “And if”
- Leviticus 4:27 Literally “a soul one”
- Leviticus 4:27 Literally “doing”
- Leviticus 4:27 Literally “done”
- Leviticus 4:27 Or “and”
- Leviticus 4:28 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 4:28 Or “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring”
- Leviticus 4:28 Literally “a she-goat of goats without defect a female”
- Leviticus 4:28 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 4:29 Or “And he shall place”
- Leviticus 4:30 Or “And the priest”
- Leviticus 4:30 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:30 Indicated by context
- Leviticus 4:31 Or “And he”
- Leviticus 4:31 Literally “as that”
- Leviticus 4:31 Or “from on” or “from upon”
- Leviticus 4:31 Or “And the priest”
- Leviticus 4:31 Literally “it shall be forgiven to him”
- Leviticus 4:32 Or “And”
- Leviticus 4:33 Or “And he shall place”
- Leviticus 4:34 Or “And the priest”
- Leviticus 4:34 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 4:34 Indicated by context
- Leviticus 4:35 Or “And he must remove”
- Leviticus 4:35 Literally “as that”
- Leviticus 4:35 Or “for”
- Leviticus 4:35 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 4:35 Literally “it will be forgiven to him”
- Leviticus 5:1 Or “a soul”
- Leviticus 5:1 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:1 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:2 Or “a soul”
- Leviticus 5:2 Literally “or”
- Leviticus 5:2 Implied by the following phrase specifying domestic animals
- Leviticus 5:2 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:2 Literally “it is concealed from him”
- Leviticus 5:3 Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
- Leviticus 5:3 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:3 Literally “it is concealed from him”
- Leviticus 5:3 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:4 Or “a soul”
- Leviticus 5:4 Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
- Leviticus 5:4 Literally “the man”
- Leviticus 5:4 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:4 Literally “it is concealed from him”
- Leviticus 5:4 Literally “for one of”
- Leviticus 5:5 Literally “for one of”
- Leviticus 5:5 Or “and he shall confess”
- Leviticus 5:5 Literally “upon” or “against”
- Leviticus 5:6 Or “for”
- Leviticus 5:6 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 5:6 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Leviticus 5:6 Literally “a she-goat of goats”
- Leviticus 5:6 Hebrew “from”
- Leviticus 5:7 Or “And if”
- Leviticus 5:7 Literally “his hand does not touch enough of small livestock”
- Leviticus 5:7 Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
- Leviticus 5:8 Or “And he shall bring”
- Leviticus 5:8 Required by the previous action (see NET)
- Leviticus 5:8 Literally “from opposite its neck”
- Leviticus 5:8 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:9 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 5:10 Or “And the second”
- Leviticus 5:10 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 5:11 Or “And”
- Leviticus 5:11 Literally “his hand cannot produce for”
- Leviticus 5:11 Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
- Leviticus 5:11 Or “and”
- Leviticus 5:11 Hebrew “the”
- Leviticus 5:11 Or “And he must not put”
- Leviticus 5:12 Or “And he shall bring”
- Leviticus 5:12 Literally “shall scoop up from it the fullness of his handful”
- Leviticus 5:12 Literally “on” or “upon”
- Leviticus 5:13 Or “And”
- Leviticus 5:13 Literally “sinned”
- Leviticus 5:13 Literally “from one from these”
- Leviticus 5:13 Or “And it shall be”
Leviticus 4:1-5:13
American Standard Version
4 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin [a]unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them: 3 if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah. 5 And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting: 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. 8 And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he shall take off from it; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away, 10 as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt-offering. 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, 12 even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt.
13 And if the whole congregation of Israel err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty; 14 when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah. 16 And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting: 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil. 18 And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. 19 And all the fat thereof shall he take off from it, and burn it upon the altar. 20 Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is the sin-offering for the assembly.
22 When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty; 23 if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a male without blemish. 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. 26 And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
27 And if any one of the [b]common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty; 28 if his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 31 And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto Jehovah; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
32 And if he bring a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 35 And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, [c]upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
5 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 2 Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty. 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 4 Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned: 6 and he shall bring [d]his trespass-offering unto Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin.
7 And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and [e]wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 9 and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin-offering. 10 And he shall [f]offer the second for a burnt-offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin which he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
11 But if his means suffice not for two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering. 12 And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, [g]upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: it is a sin-offering. 13 And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as the meal-offering.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 4:2 Or, through error
- Leviticus 4:27 Hebrew people of the land.
- Leviticus 4:35 Or, after the manner of
- Leviticus 5:6 Or, for his guilt
- Leviticus 5:8 Or, pinch
- Leviticus 5:10 Or, prepare
- Leviticus 5:12 Or, after the manner of
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