The Sin Offering

4 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionallyg and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commandsh—

3 “ ‘If the anointed priesti sins,j bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bullk without defectl as a sin offeringa m for the sin he has committed.n 4 He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord.o He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord. 5 Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s bloodp and carry it into the tent of meeting. 6 He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkleq some of it seven times before the Lord,r in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.s 7 The priest shall then put some of the blood on the hornst of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altaru of burnt offeringv at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 He shall remove all the fatw from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs, 9 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneysx—10 just as the fat is removed from the oxb y sacrificed as a fellowship offering.z Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.a 11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestinesb—12 that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the campc to a place ceremonially clean,d where the ashese are thrown, and burn itf there in a wood fire on the ash heap.g

13 “ ‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionallyh and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt 14 and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bulli as a sin offeringj and present it before the tent of meeting. 15 The eldersk of the community are to lay their handsl on the bull’s headm before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.n 16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s bloodo into the tent of meeting. 17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinklep it before the Lordq seven times in front of the curtain. 18 He is to put some of the bloodr on the horns of the altar that is before the Lords in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altart of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 He shall remove all the fatu from it and burn it on the altar,v 20 and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonementw for the community, and they will be forgiven.x 21 Then he shall take the bull outside the campy and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.z

22 “ ‘When a leadera sins unintentionallyb and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt 23 and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goatc without defect. 24 He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord.d It is a sin offering.e 25 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altarf of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.g 26 He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonementh for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.i

27 “ ‘If any member of the community sins unintentionallyj and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt 28 and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offeringk for the sin they committed a female goatl without defect. 29 They are to lay their hand on the headm of the sin offeringn and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.o 30 Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offeringp and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 31 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altarq as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.r In this way the priest will make atonements for them, and they will be forgiven.t

32 “ ‘If someone brings a lambu as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.v 33 They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter itw for a sin offeringx at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.y 34 Then the 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 pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.z 35 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altara on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

5 “ ‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testifyb regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.c

2 “ ‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground)d and they are unaware that they have become unclean,e but then they come to realize their guilt; 3 or if they touch human uncleannessf (anything that would make them unclean)g even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt; 4 or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oathh to do anything, whether good or evili (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—5 when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confessj in what way they have sinned. 6 As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goatk from the flock as a sin offeringa;l and the priest shall make atonementm for them for their sin.

7 “ ‘Anyone who cannot affordn a lambo is to bring two doves or two young pigeonsp to the Lord as a penalty for their sin—one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8 They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck,q not dividing it completely,r 9 and is to splashs some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar;t the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar.u It is a sin offering. 10 The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed wayv and make atonementw for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.x

11 “ ‘If, however, they cannot affordy two doves or two young pigeons,z they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephahb a of the finest flourb for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12 They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorialc portionc and burn it on the altard on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering. 13 In this way the priest will make atonemente for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest,f as in the case of the grain offering.g’ ”

The Guilt Offering

14 The Lord said to Moses: 15 “When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionallyh in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penaltyi a ramj from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.d k It is a guilt offering.l 16 They must make restitutionm for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its valuen and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.

17 “If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it,o they are guilty and will be held responsible.p 18 They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offeringq a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.r 19 It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty ofe wrongdoing against the Lord.”s

6 a The Lord said to Moses: 2 “If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lordt by deceiving a neighboru about something entrusted to them or left in their carev or about something stolen, or if they cheatw their neighbor, 3 or if they find lost property and lie about it,x or if they swear falselyy about any such sin that people may commit—4 when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must returnz what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, 5 or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitutiona in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.b 6 And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering,c a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.d 7 In this way the priest will make atonemente for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

The Burnt Offering

8 The Lord said to Moses: 9 “Give Aaron and his sons this command: ‘These are the regulations for the burnt offeringf: The burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.g 10 The priest shall then put on his linen clothes,h with linen undergarments next to his body,i and shall remove the ashesj of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar. 11 Then he is to take off these clothes and put on others, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.k 12 The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewoodl and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fatm of the fellowship offeringsn on it. 13 The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

The Grain Offering

14 “ ‘These are the regulations for the grain offering:o Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the Lord, in front of the altar. 15 The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incensep on the grain offering,q and burn the memorialb portionr on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 16 Aaron and his sonss shall eat the restt of it, but it is to be eaten without yeastu in the sanctuary area;v they are to eat it in the courtyardw of the tent of meeting.x 17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their sharey of the food offerings presented to me.z Like the sin offeringc and the guilt offering, it is most holy.a 18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it.b For all generations to comec it is his perpetual shared of the food offerings presented to the Lord. Whatever touches them will become holy.d e’ ”

19 The Lord also said to Moses, 20 “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the Lord on the day hee is anointed:f a tenth of an ephahf g of the finest flourh as a regular grain offering,i half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21 It must be prepared with oil on a griddle;j bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering brokeng in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 22 The son who is to succeed him as anointed priestk shall prepare it. It is the Lord’s perpetual share and is to be burned completely.l 23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.”

The Sin Offering

24 The Lord said to Moses, 25 “Say to Aaron and his sons: ‘These are the regulations for the sin offering:m The sin offering is to be slaughtered before the Lordn in the placeo the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy. 26 The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary area,p in the courtyardq of the tent of meeting.r 27 Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy,s and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area. 28 The clay pott the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water. 29 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it;u it is most holy.v 30 But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonementw in the Holy Placex must not be eaten; it must be burned up.y