Leviticus 4

Revised Geneva Translation

4 Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If any shall ignorantly sin in any of the Commandments of the LORD (which ought not to be done), but shall do contrary to any of them,

³ “if the Priest who is anointed sins according to the sin of the people, then shall he offer a young bullock without blemish to the LORD for a Sin Offering, for his sin which he has sinned.

⁴ “And he shall bring the bullock to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the LORD, and shall put his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

⁵ “And the Priest who 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 from the blood seven times before the LORD, before the Veil of the 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 Tabernacle of the Congregation. Then, he shall pour 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, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is around the entrails.

⁹ “He shall also take away the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them and upon the flanks, and the fatty lobe 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 “But the skin of the bullock and all its flesh, —with its head and its legs and its entrails and its dung—

¹² “so shall he carry the whole bullock out of the camp to a clean place (where the ashes are poured) and shall burn it on the wood in the fire. It shall be burnt where the ashes are cast out.

¹³ “And if the whole Congregation of Israel shall sin through ignorance (and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the multitude) —and has done any of the Commandments of the LORD which should not be done, and has 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 it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

¹⁵ “And the elders of the Congregation shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock, before the LORD. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD.

¹⁶ “Then the Priest who is anointed shall bring 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, before the Veil.

¹⁸ “Also, he shall put the blood upon the horns of the Altar which is before the LORD, that is in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Then, he shall pour all of the remaining 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 its fat from it and burn it upon the Altar.

²⁰ “And the Priest shall do with his bullock as he did with the bullock for sin. So he shall 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 outside the camp and burn it, as he burned the first bullock. It is an offering for the sin of the Congregation.

²² “When a ruler shall sin and do (through ignorance) any of the Commandments of the LORD his God which should not be done, and shall offend —

²³ “if one shows him his sin which he has committed —then he shall bring a male goat without blemish for his offering.

²⁴ “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the male goat and kill it in the place where he should kill the Burnt Offering, before the LORD. It is a Sin Offering.

²⁵ “Then the Priest shall take from the blood of the sin Sin Offering with his finger and put it upon the horns of the Burnt Offering Altar. And he shall pour the rest of its blood at the foot of the Burnt Offering Altar.

²⁶ “And he shall burn all its fat upon the Altar, as the fat of the Peace Offering. So the priest shall make an atonement for him, concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

²⁷ “Likewise, if any of the people of the land shall sin (through ignorance) in doing any of the Commandments of the LORD which should not be done, and shall offend —

²⁸ “if one shows him his sin which he has committed — then he shall bring a female goat without blemish for his offering for his sin which he has committed.

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 “Then the Priest shall take from its blood with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the Burnt Offering Altar and pour all the rest of its blood at the foot of the Altar.

³¹ “And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat of the Peace Offerings is taken away. And the Priest shall burn it upon the Altar, for a sweet savor to the LORD. And the Priest shall make an atonement for him. And it shall be forgiven him.

³² “And if he brings a lamb for his Sin Offering, he shall bring a female, without blemish

³³ “and shall lay his hand upon the head of the Sin Offering. And he shall kill it for a Sin Offering, in the place where he would kill the Burnt Offering.

³⁴ “Then the Priest shall take from 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 its blood at the foot of the Altar.

³⁵ “And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat of the lamb of the Peace Offerings is taken away. Then the Priest shall burn it upon the Altar, with the oblations of the LORD, made by fire. And the Priest shall make an atonement for him, concerning his sin that he has committed. And it shall be forgiven him.”