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Levitico 4
Nuova Riveduta 2006

Sacrifici per il peccato

4 (A)Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè: 2 «Parla ai figli d’Israele e di’ loro: “Quando qualcuno avrà peccato per errore e avrà fatto qualcuna delle cose che il Signore ha vietato di fare, 3 se colui che ha peccato è il sacerdote che ha ricevuto l’unzione e in tal modo ha reso colpevole il popolo, egli offrirà al Signore, per il peccato commesso, un toro senza difetto, come sacrificio espiatorio. 4 Condurrà il toro all’ingresso della tenda di convegno davanti al Signore, poserà la mano sulla sua testa e lo sgozzerà davanti al Signore. 5 Poi il sacerdote che ha ricevuto l’unzione prenderà del sangue del toro, lo porterà dentro la tenda di convegno, 6 intingerà il dito nel sangue e aspergerà quel sangue sette volte davanti al Signore di fronte alla cortina del santuario. 7 Il sacerdote quindi metterà di quel sangue sui corni dell’altare dell’incenso aromatico, altare che è davanti al Signore nella tenda di convegno; e spargerà tutto il sangue del toro ai piedi dell’altare degli olocausti, che è all’ingresso della tenda di convegno. 8 Toglierà dal toro del sacrificio per il peccato tutto il grasso, il grasso che copre le interiora e vi aderisce, 9 i due rognoni e il grasso che c’è sopra e che copre i fianchi, 10 la rete del fegato, da staccarsi insieme ai rognoni, nello stesso modo in cui queste parti si tolgono dai bovini del sacrificio di riconoscenza; il sacerdote le farà bruciare sull’altare degli olocausti. 11 Ma la pelle del toro e tutta la sua carne, con la testa, le gambe, le interiora e gli escrementi, 12 cioè tutto il resto del toro, lo porterà fuori dell’accampamento, in un luogo puro, dove si gettano le ceneri e lo brucerà con il fuoco, su della legna sopra il mucchio delle ceneri.

13 (B)«“Se tutta la comunità d’Israele ha peccato per errore, senza accorgersene, e ha fatto qualcuna delle cose che il Signore ha vietato di fare, rendendosi così colpevole, 14 quando il peccato che ha commesso viene conosciuto, la comunità offrirà, come sacrificio espiatorio, un toro, che condurrà davanti alla tenda di convegno. 15 Gli anziani della comunità poseranno le mani sulla testa del toro davanti al Signore; e il toro sarà sgozzato davanti al Signore. 16 Poi il sacerdote, che ha ricevuto l’unzione, porterà del sangue del toro dentro la tenda di convegno; 17 il sacerdote intingerà il dito nel sangue e farà sette aspersioni davanti al Signore, di fronte alla cortina. 18 Metterà di quel sangue sui corni dell’altare che è davanti al Signore, nella tenda di convegno; spargerà tutto il sangue ai piedi dell’altare dell’olocausto, che è all’ingresso della tenda di convegno. 19 Toglierà dal toro tutto il grasso e lo brucerà sull’altare. 20 Farà con questo toro come ha fatto con il toro offerto quale sacrificio espiatorio. Così il sacerdote farà l’espiazione per la comunità e le sarà perdonato. 21 Poi porterà tutto il resto del toro fuori del campo e lo brucerà come ha bruciato il toro precedente. Questo è il sacrificio espiatorio per l’assemblea.

22 (C)«“Se uno dei capi ha peccato, facendo per errore qualcosa che il Signore suo Dio ha vietato di fare e si è così reso colpevole, 23 quando gli sarà fatto conoscere il peccato che ha commesso, condurrà come sua offerta un capro, un maschio fra le capre, senza difetto. 24 Poserà la mano sulla testa del capro e lo sgozzerà nel luogo dove si sgozzano gli olocausti, davanti al Signore. È un sacrificio espiatorio. 25 Poi il sacerdote prenderà con il suo dito del sangue del sacrificio espiatorio, lo metterà sui corni dell’altare degli olocausti e spargerà il sangue del capro ai piedi dell’altare dell’olocausto; 26 farà poi fumare tutto il grasso del capro sull’altare, come ha fatto con il grasso del sacrificio di riconoscenza. Così il sacerdote farà l’espiazione per il suo peccato e gli sarà perdonato.

27 Se qualcuno del popolo pecca per errore e fa qualcosa che il Signore ha vietato di fare, rendendosi colpevole, 28 quando gli sarà fatto conoscere il peccato che ha commesso, condurrà come sua offerta una capra, una femmina senza difetto, per il peccato che ha commesso. 29 Poserà la mano sulla testa della vittima e la sgozzerà nel luogo dove si sgozzano gli olocausti. 30 Poi il sacerdote prenderà con il suo dito del sangue della capra, lo metterà sui corni dell’altare dell’olocausto e spargerà tutto il sangue della capra ai piedi dell’altare. 31 Il sacerdote toglierà tutto il grasso dalla capra, come si toglie il grasso dal sacrificio di riconoscenza, e lo farà bruciare sull’altare come un profumo soave per il Signore. Così il sacerdote farà l’espiazione per quel tale e gli sarà perdonato.

32 Se questi invece porterà un agnello come suo sacrificio espiatorio, dovrà portare una femmina senza difetto. 33 Poserà la mano sulla testa dell’agnello e lo sgozzerà come sacrificio espiatorio nel luogo dove si sgozzano gli olocausti. 34 Poi il sacerdote prenderà con il suo dito del sangue del sacrificio espiatorio e lo metterà sui corni dell’altare dell’olocausto e spargerà tutto il sangue della vittima ai piedi dell’altare; 35 toglierà dalla vittima tutto il grasso, come si toglie il grasso dall’agnello del sacrificio di riconoscenza, e il sacerdote lo farà bruciare sull’altare, sopra i sacrifici consumati dal fuoco per il Signore. Così il sacerdote farà per quel tale l’espiazione del peccato che ha commesso e gli sarà perdonato.

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The Sin Offering

4 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands(B)—

3 “‘If the anointed priest(C) sins,(D) bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull(E) without defect(F) as a sin offering[a](G) for the sin he has committed.(H) 4 He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord.(I) He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord. 5 Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood(J) and carry it into the tent of meeting. 6 He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle(K) some of it seven times before the Lord,(L) in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.(M) 7 The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns(N) of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar(O) of burnt offering(P) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 He shall remove all the fat(Q) from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs, 9 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys(R)— 10 just as the fat is removed from the ox[b](S) sacrificed as a fellowship offering.(T) Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.(U) 11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines(V)— 12 that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp(W) to a place ceremonially clean,(X) where the ashes(Y) are thrown, and burn it(Z) there in a wood fire on the ash heap.(AA)

13 “‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally(AB) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt 14 and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull(AC) as a sin offering(AD) and present it before the tent of meeting. 15 The elders(AE) of the community are to lay their hands(AF) on the bull’s head(AG) before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.(AH) 16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood(AI) into the tent of meeting. 17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle(AJ) it before the Lord(AK) seven times in front of the curtain. 18 He is to put some of the blood(AL) on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord(AM) in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar(AN) of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 He shall remove all the fat(AO) from it and burn it on the altar,(AP) 20 and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement(AQ) for the community, and they will be forgiven.(AR) 21 Then he shall take the bull outside the camp(AS) and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.(AT)

22 “‘When a leader(AU) sins unintentionally(AV) and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt 23 and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat(AW) without defect. 24 He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord.(AX) It is a sin offering.(AY) 25 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar(AZ) of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.(BA) 26 He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement(BB) for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.(BC)

27 “‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally(BD) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt 28 and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering(BE) for the sin they committed a female goat(BF) without defect. 29 They are to lay their hand on the head(BG) of the sin offering(BH) and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.(BI) 30 Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering(BJ) and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 31 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar(BK) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(BL) In this way the priest will make atonement(BM) for them, and they will be forgiven.(BN)

32 “‘If someone brings a lamb(BO) as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.(BP) 33 They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it(BQ) for a sin offering(BR) at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.(BS) 34 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.(BT) 35 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar(BU) on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter
  2. Leviticus 4:10 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
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Laws for Sin Offerings

4 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (A)If anyone sins unintentionally[a] in any of the Lord's commandments (B)about things not to be done, and does any one of them, 3 if it is the anointed priest who (C)sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed (D)a bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. 4 He shall bring the bull to the (E)entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the Lord. 5 And the anointed priest (F)shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and (G)sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest (H)shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord that is in the tent of meeting, and (I)all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, (J)the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 9 (K)and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys 10 (just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11 But (L)the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung— 12 all the rest of the bull—he shall carry (M)outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall (N)burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

13 (O)“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally[b] and (P)the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt,[c] 14 (Q)when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. 15 And the elders of the congregation (R)shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. 16 Then (S)the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, 17 and 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 that is in the tent of meeting before the Lord, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 19 And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar. 20 Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did (T)with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. (U)And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 21 And he shall carry the bull (V)outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

22 “When a leader sins, (W)doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 23 or (X)the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish, 24 and (Y)shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. 25 (Z)Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like (AA)the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So (AB)the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

27 “If (AC)anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 28 (AD)or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. 29 (AE)And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 31 And (AF)all its fat he shall remove, (AG)as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a (AH)pleasing aroma to the Lord. (AI)And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

32 “If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring (AJ)a female without blemish 33 (AK)and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 34 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 35 And all its fat he shall remove (AL)as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the Lord's food offerings. (AM)And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:2 Or by mistake; so throughout Leviticus
  2. Leviticus 4:13 Or makes a mistake
  3. Leviticus 4:13 Or suffer for their guilt, or are guilty; also verses 22, 27, and chapter 5
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The Absolution-Offering

4 1-12 God spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites, When a person sins unintentionally by straying from any of God’s commands, breaking what must not be broken, if it’s the anointed priest who sins and so brings guilt on the people, he is to bring a bull without defect to God as an Absolution-Offering for the sin he has committed. Have him bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting in the presence of God, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter the bull before God. He is then to take some of the bull’s blood, bring it into the Tent of Meeting, dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times before God, before the curtain of the Sanctuary. He is to smear some of the blood on the horns of the Altar of Fragrant Incense before God which is in the Tent of Meeting. He is to pour the rest of the bull’s blood out at the base of the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. He is to remove all the fat from the bull of the Absolution-Offering, the fat which covers and is connected to the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat that is around them at the loins, and the lobe of the liver which he takes out along with the kidneys—the same procedure as when the fat is removed from the bull of the Peace-Offering. Finally, he is to burn all this on the Altar of Burnt Offering. Everything else—the bull’s hide, meat, head, legs, organs, and guts—he is to take outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are dumped and is to burn it on a wood fire.

13-21 “If the whole congregation sins unintentionally by straying from one of the commandments of God that must not be broken, they become guilty even though no one is aware of it. When they do become aware of the sin they’ve committed, the congregation must bring a bull as an Absolution-Offering and present it at the Tent of Meeting. The elders of the congregation will lay their hands on the bull’s head in the presence of God and one of them will slaughter it before God. The anointed priest will then bring some of the blood into the Tent of Meeting, dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times before God in front of the curtain. He will smear some of the blood on the horns of the Altar which is before God in the Tent of Meeting and pour the rest of it at the base of the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. He will remove all the fat and burn it on the Altar. He will follow the same procedure with this bull as with the bull for the Absolution-Offering. The priest makes atonement for them and they are forgiven. They then will take the bull outside the camp and burn it just as they burned the first bull. It’s the Absolution-Offering for the congregation.

22-26 “When a ruler sins unintentionally by straying from one of the commands of his God which must not be broken, he is guilty. When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring a goat for his offering, a male without any defect, lay his hand on the head of the goat, and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the Whole-Burnt-Offering in the presence of God—it’s an Absolution-Offering. The priest will then take some of the blood of the Absolution-Offering with his finger, smear it on the horns of the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering, and pour the rest at the base of the Altar. He will burn all its fat on the Altar, the same as with the fat of the Peace-Offering.

“The priest makes atonement for him on account of his sin and he’s forgiven.

27-31 “When an ordinary member of the congregation sins unintentionally, straying from one of the commandments of God which must not be broken, he is guilty. When he is made aware of his sin, he shall bring a goat, a female without any defect, and offer it for his sin, lay his hand on the head of the Absolution-Offering, and slaughter it at the place of the Whole-Burnt-Offering. The priest will take some of its blood with his finger, smear it on the horns of the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering, and pour the rest at the base of the Altar. Finally, he’ll take out all the fat, the same as with the Peace-Offerings, and burn it on the Altar for a pleasing fragrance to God.

“In this way, the priest makes atonement for him and he’s forgiven.

32-35 “If he brings a lamb for an Absolution-Offering, he shall present a female without any defect, lay his hand on the head of the Absolution-Offering, and slaughter it at the same place they slaughter the Whole-Burnt-Offering. The priest will take some of the blood of the Absolution-Offering with his finger, smear it on the horns of the Altar of Burnt-Offering, and pour the rest at the base of the Altar. He shall remove all the fat, the same as for the lamb of the Peace-Offering. Finally, the priest will burn it on the Altar on top of the gifts to God.

“In this way, the priest makes atonement for him on account of his sin and he’s forgiven.”

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