THE THIRD BOOK OF
MOSES,
called
L E V I T I C U S
Leviticus 4 ©
Laws of the manner of sacrifices which were to be offered for the sins committed by error, vs. 1, etc. Either by the High Priest, 3. Or by the entire congregation, 13. Or by a prince and ruler, 22. Or by a private and ordinary man, 27.
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If 1a soul shall sin through 2ignorance against 3any of the 4commandments of the LORD concerning things 5which ought not to be done, and shall 6do against any of them:
If the priest that is 7anointed 8do sin according to the 9sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a 10young bullock without blemish unto the LORD 11for a sin offering.
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and 12kill the bullock before the LORD.
And the priest that is anointed shall take ofa the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the 13vail of the sanctuary.
And the priest shall 14put some of the blood uponb the 15horns of the 16altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is 17in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at 18the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is 19at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; thec fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
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,
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: andd the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
And the skine of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
Even the whole bullock shallf he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, 20where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
¶And if theg whole congregation of Israel 21sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done 22somewhat against 23any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are 24guilty;
When the sin, which they have sinned 25against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him 26before the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the 27elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock 28shall be killed before the LORD.
And the priest 29that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall 30dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before 31the vail.
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, 32that 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.
And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
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 33atonement for them, and it shall be 34forgiven them.
And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the 35first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
¶When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat 36through ignorance against 37any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
38Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, 39a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and 40kill it in the place 41where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
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.
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 42him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
¶Andh if any 43one 44of the common people sin 45through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a 46kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering 47in the place of the burnt offering.
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.
Andi he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shallj burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest 48shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and 49slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
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:
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 50them upon the altar, according 51to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.