Leviticus 4

Laws for Sin Offerings

1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: a 'If a person sins 1 unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them, 3 b 'if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned c a young bull without blemish as a d sin offering. 4 'He shall bring the bull e to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull's head, and kill the bull before the LORD. 5 'Then the anointed priest f shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it to the tabernacle of meeting. 6 'The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the g veil of the sanctuary. 7 'And the priest shall h put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour i the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 8 'He shall take from it all the fat of the bull as the sin offering. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat which is on the entrails, 9 'the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove, 10 j 'as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering. 11 k 'But the bull's hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal - 12 'the whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, l where the ashes are poured out, and m burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

13 'Now n if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, o and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 'when the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting. 15 'And the elders of the congregation p shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD. Then the bull shall be killed before the LORD. 16 q 'The anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood to the tabernacle of meeting. 17 'Then the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil. 18 'And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 19 'He shall take all the fat from it and burn it on the altar. 20 'And he shall do r with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. s So the priest shall make 2 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 3 ruler has sinned, and t done something unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD his God in anything which should not be done, and is guilty, 23 'or u if his sin which he has committed 4 comes to his knowledge, he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a male without blemish. 24 'And v he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD. It is a sin offering. 25 w 'The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 'And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like x the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offering. y So the priest shall make 5 atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

27 z 'If 6 anyone of the 7 common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty, 28 'or a if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. 29 b 'And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. 30 'Then the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar. 31 c 'He shall remove all its fat, d as fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a e sweet aroma to the LORD. f So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

32 'If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, g he shall bring a female without blemish. 33 'Then he shall h lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it as a sin offering at the place where they kill the burnt offering. 34 'The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar. 35 'He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, i according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD. j So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:15 - 18
    If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring to the LORD as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering.
    Numbers 15:22 - 30
    If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses -
    1 Samuel 14:27
    But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.
    Acts 3:17
    Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 40:15
    "You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations."
    Leviticus 8:12
    And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:1
    When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
    Leviticus 9:2
    And he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 9:7
    And Moses said to Aaron, "Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:3
    If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.
    Leviticus 1:4
    Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
    Leviticus 4:15
    And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD. Then the bull shall be killed before the LORD.
    Numbers 8:12
    Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:14
    He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
    Numbers 19:4
    And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 40:21
    And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
    Exodus 40:26
    He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:18
    And he shall put some of the blood on the horns...
    Leviticus 4:25
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the ...
    Leviticus 4:30
    Then the priest shall take some of its blood wi...
    Leviticus 4:34
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the ...
    Leviticus 8:15
    And Moses killed it. Then he took the blood, an...
    Leviticus 9:9
    Then the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him...
    Leviticus 16:18
    And he shall go out to the altar that is before...
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 40:5
    You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
    Exodus 40:6
    Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
    Leviticus 5:9
    Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on 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. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3 - 5
    Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 29:14
    But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
    Leviticus 9:11
    The flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.
    Numbers 19:5
    Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:21
    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.
    Leviticus 6:10
    And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
    Leviticus 6:11
    Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
    Leviticus 16:27
    The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp. And they shall burn in the fire their skins, their flesh, and their offal.
  13. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:11
    For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.
    Hebrews 13:12
    Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 15:24 - 26
    Then it will be, if it is unintentionally committed, without the knowledge of the congregation, that the whole congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats as a sin offering.
    Joshua 7:11
    Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:2 - 4
    Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty.
    Leviticus 5:17
    If a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD, though he does not know it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:3
    If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.
    Leviticus 1:4
    Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:5
    Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it to the tabernacle of meeting.
    Hebrews 9:12 - 14
    Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:3
    If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:4
    Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
    Numbers 15:25
    So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their unintended sin.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them.
    Leviticus 4:13
    Now if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which should not be done, and are guilty.
    Leviticus 4:27
    If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:14
    When the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting.
    Leviticus 5:4
    Or if a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it - when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
  22. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:4
    He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull's head, and kill the bull before the LORD.
    Isaiah 53:6
    All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:7
    And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
    Leviticus 4:18
    And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
    Leviticus 4:30
    Then the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.
    Leviticus 4:34
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3 - 5
    Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:20
    And he shall do with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
    Numbers 15:28
    So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the LORD, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
  26. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them.
    Numbers 15:27
    And if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:23
    Or if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:4
    Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
    Leviticus 4:4
    He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull's head, and kill the bull before the LORD.
    Leviticus 4:24
    And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
  29. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:14
    Then he shall offer from it his offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
  30. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:3
    Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
    Leviticus 3:4
    The two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove.
  31. Cross References
    Genesis 8:21
    And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the...
    Exodus 29:18
    And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. ...
    Leviticus 1:9
    But he shall wash its entrails and its legs wit...
    Leviticus 1:13
    But he shall wash the entrails and the legs wit...
    Leviticus 2:2
    He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests,...
    Leviticus 2:9
    Then the priest shall take from the grain offer...
    Leviticus 2:12
    As for the offering of the firstfruits, you sha...
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:26
    And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:28
    Or if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.
  34. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:4
    Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
    Numbers 8:12
    Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
  35. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:5
    And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire, as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
  36. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:26
    And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
    Leviticus 4:31
    He shall remove all its fat, as fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma to the LORD. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
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