Chapter 4
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
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Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: If a person sins by mistake against any of the commandments of the LORD, which should not be done, and does one of them.
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If the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt upon the people, he shall present, for his sin that he sinned, a bull—a son of cattle—unblemished to the LORD for a sin offering.
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He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and he shall slaughter the bull before the LORD.
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And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting.
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The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the holy place.
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And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of incense of the spices before the LORD, which is in the tent of meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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He shall remove all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
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and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the surplus on the liver, which he shall remove from the kidneys.
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just as he pours out from an ox a sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest makes them smoke on the altar of burnt offering.
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And the hide of the bull, all its flesh, its head, its legs, its innards, and its dung.
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And he shall bring the entire bull outside the camp to a clean place, to the place of pouring out the ash, and burn it on wood in fire; on the place of pouring out the ash it shall be burned.
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If the whole congregation of Israel errs, and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the commandments of the LORD that are not to be done, and they become guilty:
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When the sin that they committed becomes known, the assembly shall present a bull—a young bull—as a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of meeting.
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And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and they shall slaughter the bull before the LORD.
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And the anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood to the tent of meeting.
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And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil.
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And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
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And he shall remove all its fat from it and burn it on the altar.
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And he shall do to the bull just as he did to the sin offering bull; in this way he shall do to it. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
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And he shall bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull—the sin offering of the assembly.
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If a prince sins and does one of all the commandments of the LORD his God which they shall not do by mistake and he is guilty.
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or it is made known to him his sin which he sinned in it and he brought his offering a male goat from the male goats unblemished.
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And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering goat and slaughter it at the place where he slaughters the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.
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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 he shall pour out its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
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And he shall make all its fat a smoke offering on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
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And if a single person sins by mistake from the people of the land in doing one from the commandments of the LORD which they shall not do, and incurs guilt.
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or it is made known to him his sin which he sinned and he brought his offering, a she-goat of goats, blameless female, for his sin which he sinned.
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And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.
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And the priest took some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he poured out all its blood at the base of the altar.
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And he shall remove all its fat just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall make it smoke on the altar as a soothing aroma to the LORD. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
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And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, a female, unblemished one, he shall bring it.
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And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering.
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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 he shall pour all its blood at the base of the altar.
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And he shall remove the fat portions just as the fat portions of the lamb are removed from the peace offerings. And the priest shall make them an incense offering upon the altar of the fire of the LORD. And the priest shall make atonement for him over his sin offering which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Chapter 5
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If a soul sins and hears the voice of an oath, and he is a witness or has seen or known it, but does not tell it, he bears his iniquity.
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Or if a soul touches any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean living creature or the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and it is hidden from him, he is unclean and guilty.
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Or if he touches the impurity of humanity, for any of his impurity by which he becomes ritually unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he knows and is guilty.
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Or when a person swears to utter with her lips to do evil or to do good—whatever someone may utter in an oath—and it is hidden from her, she realizes it, and is guilty with respect to one of these.
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And when he bears guilt for one of these, he shall confess that on which he sinned.
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And he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD for his sin that he sinned—a female from the sheep, a lamb or a she-goat, for a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin.
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And if he cannot afford a sheep or goat, then he shall bring for his guilt that he sinned—two turtledoves or two young doves—to the LORD: one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
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And he shall bring them to the priest, and he shall present the one for the sin offering first, and he shall wring its head from opposite its nape, and he shall not sever it.
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He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and what remains of the blood he shall squeeze out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
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And he shall make the second a burnt offering according to the judgment, and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin offering which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
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But if his hand does not reach two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for what he sinned—a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall not put oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
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He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take a full handful of its memorial portion, and he shall burn it on the altar on the fires of the LORD. It is a sin offering.
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And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin offering that he sinned from one of these, and it shall be forgiven him. And it shall be to the priest as an offering.