Leviticus 4 - Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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]

Footnotes

1. Leviticus 4:1 Or “And”
2. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
3. Leviticus 4:2 Or “a soul”
4. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “done”
5. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “does”
6. Leviticus 4:2 Literally “from one from them”; see NET
7. Leviticus 4:3 Literally “to the guilt of the people”
8. Leviticus 4:3 Or “and”
9. Leviticus 4:3 Literally “sinned”
10. Leviticus 4:3 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
11. Leviticus 4:4 Or “And he shall bring”
12. Leviticus 4:4 Or “And place”
13. Leviticus 4:5 Or “And the anointed priest”
14. Leviticus 4:5 Literally “from”
15. Leviticus 4:6 Literally “from”
16. Leviticus 4:7 Or “And the priest”
17. Leviticus 4:7 Literally “from”
18. Leviticus 4:7 Implied by the context
19. Leviticus 4:8 Or “And he must remove”
20. Leviticus 4:8 Or “entrails”
21. Leviticus 4:8 Or “entrails”
22. Leviticus 4:9 Or “and the two”
23. Leviticus 4:11 Or “And”
24. Leviticus 4:11 Literally “and in addition to its lower leg bones”
25. Leviticus 4:11 Or “and its”
26. Leviticus 4:11 Or “entrails”
27. Leviticus 4:12 Or “and he shall carry out”
28. Leviticus 4:12 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
29. Leviticus 4:13 Or “And if”
30. Leviticus 4:13 Or “thing”
31. Leviticus 4:13 Or “did”
32. Leviticus 4:13 Literally “one from all of”
33. Leviticus 4:13 Literally “done”
34. Leviticus 4:13 Or “and”
35. Leviticus 4:14 Or “and”
36. Leviticus 4:14 Literally “sinned”
37. Leviticus 4:14 The 3fs pronominal suffix may refer to “one of Yahweh’s commands”—“one” is also fs
38. Leviticus 4:14 Or “and the assembly”
39. Leviticus 4:14 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
40. Leviticus 4:15 Or “someone”; see NET—the 3ms refers to either one of the elders or the priest
41. Leviticus 4:16 Literally “from”
42. Leviticus 4:17 Or “from”
43. Leviticus 4:18 Or “And he must put”
44. Leviticus 4:18 Literally “from”
45. Leviticus 4:18 Literally “which is in the tent of assembly”—the reference is to the altar
46. Leviticus 4:18 Indicated by the context
47. Leviticus 4:19 Or “And he must remove”
48. Leviticus 4:20 Or “And he shall do”
49. Leviticus 4:20 Literally “as that”
50. Leviticus 4:20 Or “And the priest”
51. Leviticus 4:20 Literally “it shall be forgiven to them”
52. Leviticus 4:21 Or “And he shall bring out”
53. Leviticus 4:21 Indicated by the context
54. Leviticus 4:21 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
55. Leviticus 4:21 Literally “as that”
56. Leviticus 4:22 Or “does”
57. Leviticus 4:22 Literally “one from all of”
58. Leviticus 4:22 Literally “done”
59. Leviticus 4:22 Or “and”
60. Leviticus 4:23 Literally “sinned”
61. Leviticus 4:23 Or “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring”
62. Leviticus 4:23 Literally “a he-goat of goats a male”
63. Leviticus 4:24 Or “And he shall place”
64. Leviticus 4:25 Or “And the priest”
65. Leviticus 4:25 Literally “from”
66. Leviticus 4:25 Indicated by context
67. Leviticus 4:26 Or “And he”; the antecedent is the priest (cp. vv. 10, 31)
68. Leviticus 4:26 Literally “from”
69. Leviticus 4:26 Literally “it shall be forgiven to him”
70. Leviticus 4:27 Or “And if”
71. Leviticus 4:27 Literally “a soul one”
72. Leviticus 4:27 Literally “doing”
73. Leviticus 4:27 Literally “done”
74. Leviticus 4:27 Or “and”
75. Leviticus 4:28 Literally “sinned”
76. Leviticus 4:28 Or “and he shall bring” or “then he shall bring”
77. Leviticus 4:28 Literally “a she-goat of goats without defect a female”
78. Leviticus 4:28 Literally “sinned”
79. Leviticus 4:29 Or “And he shall place”
80. Leviticus 4:30 Or “And the priest”
81. Leviticus 4:30 Literally “from”
82. Leviticus 4:30 Indicated by context
83. Leviticus 4:31 Or “And he”
84. Leviticus 4:31 Literally “as that”
85. Leviticus 4:31 Or “from on” or “from upon”
86. Leviticus 4:31 Or “And the priest”
87. Leviticus 4:31 Literally “it shall be forgiven to him”
88. Leviticus 4:32 Or “And”
89. Leviticus 4:33 Or “And he shall place”
90. Leviticus 4:34 Or “And the priest”
91. Leviticus 4:34 Literally “from”
92. Leviticus 4:34 Indicated by context
93. Leviticus 4:35 Or “And he must remove”
94. Leviticus 4:35 Literally “as that”
95. Leviticus 4:35 Or “for”
96. Leviticus 4:35 Literally “sinned”
97. Leviticus 4:35 Literally “it will be forgiven to him”