Chapter 4
1Then AO said to Moses,
2“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of AO’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
3If the anointed priest sins bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to AO a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
4He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before AO, lay his hand on the bull’s head and slaughter it before AO.
5Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
6The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before AO in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
7The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before AO in the Tent of Meeting. And the rest of the bull’s blood, he is to pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
8Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on [them],
9both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins and the lobe of the liver which he is to remove with the kidneys—
10just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
11But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and legs and entrails and dung—
12all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out and he must burn it there on a wood fire on the ash heap.
13Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of AO’s commandments by doing what is forbidden and incur guilt
14when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.
15The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before AO and it shall be slaughtered before AO.
16Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting
17and [he] is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before AO in front of the veil.
18He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before AO in the Tent of Meeting and the rest of the blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
19And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn [it] on the altar.
20He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven.
21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
22When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of AO his God, he incurs guilt.
23When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring as his offering an unblemished male goat.
24He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before AO. It is a sin offering.
25Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, 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.
26He must burn all its fat on the altar like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin and he will be forgiven.
27And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of AO’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
28When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring as his offering for that sin an unblemished female goat.
29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
30Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
31Then he is to remove all the fat just as [it] is removed from the peace offering and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to AO. In this way the priest will make atonement for him and he will be forgiven.
32If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female lamb.
33And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
34Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, 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.
35And he shall remove all the fat of the lamb just as the fat is removed from the peace offerings and [he] shall burn it on the altar along with offerings made by fire to AO. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed and he will be forgiven.[”]