Leviticus 4

1 And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of Yhwh concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

“Tell the Israelites that these are the rules to handle cases of those who sin unintentionally against any of the Lord's commandments and do what is not permitted.

3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Yhwh for a sin offering.

If it is the high priest who sins and brings guilt on everyone, he must present to the Lord a young bull without defects as a sin offering for his sin.

4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before Yhwh; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before Yhwh.

He must take the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, put his hand on its head and kill it before the Lord.

5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

Then the high priest shall take some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting.

6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Yhwh, before the vail of the sanctuary.

The high priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary.

7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yhwh, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of aromatic incense that stands before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting. The rest of the bull's blood he is to pour out at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: all the fat that covers the insides,

9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,

both kidneys with the fat on them by the loins, and the best part of the liver, which he is to remove together with the kidneys

10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.

in the same way as the fat is removed from the bull of the peace offering. Then the priest shall then burn this on the altar of burnt offering.

11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

But the skin of the bull, all its flesh, head, legs, insides and waste—

12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

all the rest of it—he has to take outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean, where the ashes are dumped, and he must burn it on a wood fire there on the ash heap.

13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of Yhwh concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

If the whole Israelite community goes astray unintentionally, and even though they are unaware of doing what is not permitted by any of the Lord's commandments, they are all still guilty.

14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.

When they realize their sin, then they must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.

15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Yhwh: and the bullock shall be killed before Yhwh.

The elders of Israel are to put their hands on its head and kill it before the Lord.

16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:

Then the high priest shall take some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting.

17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yhwh, even before the vail.

He shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.

18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Yhwh, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that stands before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting. Then he is to pour out the rest of the bull's blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.

Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull and burn it on the altar.

20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

He shall offer this bull in the same way he did for the sin offering. This is how the priest will make them right, and they will be forgiven.

21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the bull previously mentioned. It is the sin offering for the whole community.

22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of Yhwh his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

If a leader sins unintentionally and does what is not permitted by any of the commandments of the Lord his God, he is guilty.

23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

When he realizes his sin, he must bring a male goat without defects as his offering.

24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yhwh: it is a sin offering.

He must put his hand on the head of the goat and kill it at the place where the burnt offering is killed before the Lord. It is a sin offering.

25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

Then the priest is to 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 pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar.

26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

He shall burn all its fat on the altar like the fat of the peace offerings. In this way the priest will make the man's sin right, and he will be forgiven.

27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of Yhwh concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

If any other Israelite sins unintentionally and does what is not permitted by any of the commandments of the Lord his God, he is guilty.

28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

When he realizes his sin, he must bring a female goat without defects as his offering for that sin.

29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

He must put his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it at the place at the place of the burnt offering.

30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar.

31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto Yhwh; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

He shall remove all its fat like the fat of the peace offerings and burn it on the altar and it will be to be accepted by the Lord. In this way the priest will make the man's sin right, and he will be forgiven.

32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

If he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he is to bring a female without defects.

33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

He must put his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it as a sin offering at the place at the place where the burnt offering is killed.

34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar.

35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto Yhwh: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

He shall remove all its fat like the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings and burn it on the altar and it will be to be accepted by the Lord. In this way the priest will make the man's sin right, and he will be forgiven.