Leviticus 4

1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,Cross-references: Gen 20:9 · Lev 4:13 · Lev 4:22 · Lev 4:27 · Lev 5:15 · Num 15:22 · +7 more

3if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without defect to Yahweh for a sin offering.Cross-references: Ex 29:7 · Ex 29:14 · Ex 29:21 · Ex 30:10 · Lev 4:14 · Lev 5:6 · +12 more

4He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 29:10 · Lev 1:3 · Lev 16:21 · Isa 53:6 · Dan 9:26 · 1Pet 3:18

5The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.Cross-references: Lev 4:16 · Lev 16:14 · Lev 16:19 · Num 19:4 · 1John 1:7

6The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.Cross-references: Lev 4:17 · Lev 4:25 · Lev 4:30 · Lev 4:34 · Lev 8:15 · Lev 9:9 · +12 more

7The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and he shall pour out the rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.Cross-references: Ex 30:1 · Lev 4:18 · Lev 4:30 · Lev 4:34 · Lev 5:9 · Lev 8:15 · +6 more

8He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering from it: the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,Cross-references: Lev 3:3 · Lev 3:9 · Lev 3:14 · Lev 4:19 · Lev 4:26 · Lev 4:31 · +5 more

9and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove,Cross-references: Lev 3:4

10as it is removed from the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

11He shall carry the bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dungCross-references: Ex 29:14 · Lev 4:21 · Lev 6:30 · Lev 8:14 · Lev 9:8 · Lev 16:27 · +3 more

12—all the rest of the bull—outside of the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. It shall be burned where the ashes are poured out.Cross-references: Ex 29:14 · Lev 6:10 · Lev 13:46 · Lev 16:27 · Num 5:3 · Num 15:35 · +3 more

13“‘If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;Cross-references: Lev 4:1 · Lev 5:2 · Lev 5:17 · Lev 6:4 · Num 15:24 · Josh 7:11 · +6 more

14when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.Cross-references: Lev 4:3 · Lev 4:23 · Lev 4:28

15The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 24:1 · Ex 24:9 · Lev 1:4 · Lev 4:4 · Lev 8:14 · Lev 8:22 · +5 more

16The anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting.Cross-references: Lev 4:5 · Heb 9:12

17The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.Cross-references: Lev 4:6

18He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.Cross-references: Lev 4:7

19All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.Cross-references: Lev 4:8 · Lev 4:26 · Lev 4:31 · Lev 4:35 · Lev 5:6 · Lev 6:7 · +6 more

20He shall do this with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so he shall do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.Cross-references: Ex 32:30 · Lev 1:4 · Lev 4:26 · Lev 5:6 · Lev 6:7 · Lev 12:8 · +13 more

21He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.Cross-references: Lev 4:11 · Lev 16:15 · Lev 16:21 · 2Chr 29:21 · Ezra 8:35 · Matt 20:28 · +2 more

22“‘When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,Cross-references: Ex 18:21 · Lev 4:2 · Lev 4:13 · Lev 4:27 · Num 16:2 · Num 31:13 · +2 more

23if his sin in which he has sinned is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without defect.Cross-references: Lev 4:3 · Lev 4:14 · Lev 4:28 · Lev 5:4 · Lev 9:3 · Lev 23:19 · +13 more

24He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering.Cross-references: Ex 29:38 · Lev 1:5 · Lev 1:11 · Lev 3:2 · Lev 3:8 · Lev 3:13 · +5 more

25The 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. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.Cross-references: Lev 4:7 · Lev 4:18 · Lev 4:30 · Lev 4:34 · Lev 8:10 · Lev 8:15 · +8 more

26All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.Cross-references: Lev 3:5 · Lev 4:8 · Lev 4:20 · Lev 4:31 · Lev 4:35 · Lev 5:10 · +6 more

27“‘If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,Cross-references: Ex 12:49 · Lev 4:2 · Lev 4:13 · Num 5:6 · Num 15:16 · Num 15:27 · +1 more

28if his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has sinned.Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Lev 4:3 · Lev 4:14 · Lev 4:23 · Lev 4:32 · Lev 5:6 · +5 more

29He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.Cross-references: Lev 1:4 · Lev 4:4 · Lev 4:15 · Lev 4:24 · Lev 4:33 · Heb 10:4

30The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.Cross-references: Lev 4:7 · Lev 4:25 · Lev 4:34 · Isa 42:21 · Rom 8:3 · Rom 10:4 · +1 more

31All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.Cross-references: Gen 8:21 · Ex 29:18 · Lev 1:9 · Lev 1:13 · Lev 1:17 · Lev 3:3 · +25 more

32“‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.Cross-references: Ex 12:3 · Ex 12:5 · Lev 3:6 · Lev 4:28 · Lev 5:6 · Isa 53:7 · +12 more

33He shall 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.Cross-references: Lev 4:4 · Lev 4:29

34The 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 all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.Cross-references: Lev 4:7 · Lev 4:25 · Lev 4:30 · Isa 42:21 · John 17:19 · Rom 8:1 · +8 more

35He shall remove all its fat, like the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.Cross-references: Lev 1:1 · Lev 4:20 · Lev 4:26 · Lev 4:30 · Lev 5:6 · Lev 5:10 · +31 more