Leviticus 4

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

² 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "If anyone sins inadvertently against any of Yahweh's commandmentsand does anything prohibited by them,

³ if the one who sins is the anointed priest, thus making the people guilty, then for the sin which he hascommitted he must offer Yahweh a young bul , an unblemished animal from the herd, as a sacrifice for sin.

⁴ He wil bring the bul before Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, wil lay his hand on its headand slaughter it before Yahweh.

⁵ The anointed priest wil then take some of the bul 's blood and carry it into the Tent of Meeting.

⁶ He wil then dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times in front of the sanctuary curtain, beforeYahweh.

⁷ The priest will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of incense smoking before Yahweh inthe Tent of Meeting, and wil pour al the rest of the bul 's blood at the foot of the altar of burnt offerings at theentrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁸ "Of the bul offered as a sacrifice for sin, he wil set aside all the fat: the fat covering the entrails, al the fat on the entrails,

⁹ both kidneys, the fat on them and on the loins, the mass of fat which he wil remove from the liver andkidneys-

¹⁰ exactly as was done with the portion set aside in the communion sacrifice -- and the priest will burnthese pieces on the altar of burnt offerings.

¹¹ "The bul 's skin and al its meat, its head, its shins, its entrails and its offal,

¹² the whole bul he wil then have carried out of the camp to a clean place, the place where the fattyashes are thrown, and wil burn it on a wood fire; it must be burnt where the ashes are thrown.

¹³ "If the whole community of Israel has sinned inadvertently and, without being aware of it has incurredguilt by doing something forbidden by Yahweh's commandments,

¹⁴ once the sin of which it is guilty has been discovered, the community must offer a young bul , anunblemished animal from the herd, as a sacrifice for sin, and bring it in front of the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁵ The elders of the community wil then lay their hands on the bul 's head before Yahweh, and the bulwil be slaughtered before Yahweh.

¹⁶ "The anointed priest wil then take some of the bul 's blood into the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁷ He will then dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times in front of the curtain, beforeYahweh.

¹⁸ He will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar standing before Yahweh inside the Tent ofMeeting, and then pour al the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar of burnt offerings at the entrance to theTent of Meeting.

¹⁹ "He wil then set aside al the fat from the animal and burn it on the altar.

²⁰ He will then deal with the bul as he did with the bul in the sacrifice for sin. It wil be dealt with in thesame way; and once the priest has performed the rite of expiation for the people, they will be forgiven.

²¹ "He wil then have the bul carried out of the camp and wil burn it as he burned the first one. This is thesacrifice for the sin of the community.

²² "When a leader has sinned and inadvertently incurred guilt by doing something forbidden by thecommandments of Yahweh his God

²³ (or if the sin which he has committed is drawn to his attention), he must bring a he-goat as his offering,an unblemished male.

²⁴ He will then lay his hand on the goat's head and slaughter it on the spot where the burnt offerings areslaughtered before Yahweh. This is a sacrifice for sin;

²⁵ the priest wil take some of the victim's blood on his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burntofferings. He will then pour the rest of its blood at the foot of the altar of burnt offerings

²⁶ and burn al the fat on the altar, as with the fat in the communion sacrifice. This is how the priest mustperform the rite of expiation for him to free him from his sin, and he wil be forgiven.

²⁷ "If one of the country people sins inadvertently and incurs guilt by doing something forbidden byYahweh's commandments

²⁸ (or if the sin which he has committed is drawn to his attention), he must bring a she-goat as his offeringfor the sin which he has committed, an unblemished female.

²⁹ He will then lay his hand on the victim's head and slaughter it on the spot where the burnt offerings areslaughtered.

³⁰ The priest wil take some of its blood on his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offerings.He will then pour all the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar.

³¹ He will then remove al the fat, as the fat was removed for the communion sacrifice, and the priest wilburn it on the altar as a smell pleasing to Yahweh. This is how the priest must perform the rite of expiation forhim, and he wil be forgiven.

³² "If he wishes to bring a lamb as an offering for this kind of sacrifice, he must bring an unblemishedfemale.

³³ He will then lay his hand on the victim's head and slaughter it as a sacrifice for sin on the spot wherethe burnt offerings are slaughtered.

³⁴ The priest wil take some of the victim's blood on his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burntofferings. He will then pour al the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar.

³⁵ He will then remove al the fat, as was done for the sheep in the communion sacrifice, and the priestwil burn it as food burnt for Yahweh. This is how the priest must perform for him the rite of expiation for the sinwhich he has committed, and he wil be forgiven." '