The Sin Offering for the Priest
1Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Speak to the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of Yahweh’s commands about things that must not be done, and does one of them — 3if it is the anointed priest who sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to Yahweh a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. 4He is to bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before Yahweh. 5Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the tent of meeting. 6He is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary. 7The priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before Yahweh in the tent of meeting. 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. 8He is to remove all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat that is on them, 9the two kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys — 10just as it is removed from the ox of the peace offering — and the priest is to burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, together with its head, legs, inner parts, and dung — 12the entire bull — he is to carry outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and burn it there on a wood fire; it is to be burned at the ash heap.
The Sin Offering for the Community
13If the whole community of Israel sins unintentionally, and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they do what is forbidden by any of Yahweh’s commands and become guilty — 14when the sin they have committed becomes known, the assembly is to bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting. 15The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh, and the bull is to be slaughtered before Yahweh. 16The anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting. 17He is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, in front of the curtain. 18He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before Yahweh in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19He is to remove all its fat and burn it on the altar. 20He is to deal with this bull just as he dealt with the first one. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. 21Then he is to carry the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
The Sin Offering for a Leader or an Individual
22When a leader sins, doing unintentionally what is forbidden by any command of Yahweh his God, and becomes guilty — 23when the sin he has committed is made known to him, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect. 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 Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 25The 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 its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26All its fat he is to burn on the altar, as with the fat of the peace offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for him because of his sin, and he will be forgiven. 27If any member of the community sins unintentionally, doing what is forbidden by any of Yahweh’s commands, and becomes guilty — 28when the sin he has committed is made known to him, he must bring as his offering a female goat without defect, for the sin he has committed. 29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. 30The 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 its blood at the base of the altar. 31He is to remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to Yahweh. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. 32If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he must bring a female without defect. 33He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 34The 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 its blood at the base of the altar. 35He is to remove all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar with the fire offerings to Yahweh. In this way the priest will make atonement for him because of the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
