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LEVIT IC U S 4
the altar. It is a special gift of food presented
to the Lord.
12 “If you present a goat as your offering, bring
it to the Lord, 13 lay your hand on its head, and
slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron’s
sons will then splatter the goat’s blood against
all sides of the altar. 14 The priest must present
part of this offering as a special gift to the Lord.
This includes all the fat around the internal
organs, 15 the two kidneys and the fat around
them near the loins, and the long lobe of the
liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
16 and the priest will burn them on the altar. It
is a special gift of food, a pleasing aroma to the
Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
17 “You must never eat any fat or blood. This
is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever
you live.”
Procedures for the Sin Offering
Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
This is how you are to deal with those who sin
unintentionally by doing anything that violates
one of the Lord’s commands.
3 “If the high priest* sins, bringing guilt
upon the entire community, he must give a
sin offering for the sin he has committed. He
must present to the Lord a young bull with no
defects. 4 He must bring the bull to the Lord at
the entrance of the Tabernacle,* lay his hand
on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the
Lord. 5 The high priest will then take some of
the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle, 6 dip his
finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times
before the Lord in front of the inner curtain of
the sanctuary. 7 The priest will then put some of
the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant
incense that stands in the Lord’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest
of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar for
burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 8 Then the priest must remove all the fat
of the bull to be offered as a sin offering. This
includes all the fat around the internal organs,
9 the two kidneys and the fat around them near
the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. He must
remove these along with the kidneys, 10 just as
he does with cattle offered as a peace offering,
and burn them on the altar of burnt offerings.
11 But he must take whatever is left of the bull—
its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and
dung—12 and carry it away to a place outside
the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place
where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash
heap, he will burn it on a wood fire.
13 “If the entire Israelite community sins by
violating one of the Lord’s commands, but
the people don’t realize it, they are still guilty.
14 When they become aware of their sin, the
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people must bring a young bull as an offering
for their sin and present it before the Tabernacle. 15 The elders of the community must
then lay their hands on the bull’s head and
slaughter it before the Lord. 16 The high priest
will then take some of the bull’s blood into the
Tabernacle, 17 dip his finger in the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front
of the inner curtain. 18 He will then put some
of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the Lord’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out
the rest of the blood at the base of the altar for
burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 19 Then the priest must remove all the
animal’s fat and burn it on the altar, 20 just as
he does with the bull offered as a sin offering
for the high priest. Through this process, the
priest will purify the people, making them
right with the Lord,* and they will be forgiven.
21 Then the priest must take what is left of the
bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it
there, just as is done with the sin offering for
the high priest. This offering is for the sin of
the entire congregation of Israel.
22 “If one of Israel’s leaders sins by violating
one of the commands of the Lord his God but
doesn’t realize it, he is still guilty. 23 When he becomes aware of his sin, he must bring as his offering a male goat with no defects. 24 He must lay
his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at
the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered
before the Lord. This is an offering for his sin.
25 Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood
of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the
altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the
rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 26 Then
he must burn all the goat’s fat on the altar, just
as he does with the peace offering. Through this
process, the priest will purify the leader from
his sin, making him right with the Lord, and he
will be forgiven.
27 “If any of the common people sin by violating one of the Lord’s commands, but they
don’t realize it, they are still guilty. 28 When they
become aware of their sin, they must bring as
an offering for their sin a female goat with no
defects. 29 They must lay a hand on the head
of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place
where burnt offerings are slaughtered. 30 Then
the priest will dip his finger in the blood and put
it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings.
He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base
of the altar. 31 Then he must remove all the goat’s
fat, just as he does with the fat of the peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar, and it
will be a pleasing aroma to the Lord. Through
this process, the priest will purify the people,
4:3 Hebrew the anointed priest; also in 4:5, 16. 4:4 Hebrew
Tent of Meeting; also in 4:5, 7, 14, 16, 18. 4:20 Or will make
atonement for the people; similarly in 4:26, 31, 35.