LEVITICUS 4
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the people of Israel, saying: When anyone sins
unintentionally in any of the Lord's commandments about things not to be done,
and does any one of them:
3 If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the
people, he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull of the herd
without blemish as a sin offering to the Lord.
4 He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting
before the Lord and lay his hand on the head of the bull; the bull shall be
slaughtered before the Lord.
5 The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and
bring it into the tent of meeting.
6 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of
the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the curtain of the
sanctuary.
7 The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
of fragrant incense that is in the tent of meeting before the Lord; and the
rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of
burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8 He shall remove all the fat from the bull of sin offering: the fat
that covers the entrails and all the fat that is around the entrails;
9 the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins; and the
appendage of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys,
10 just as these are removed from the ox of the sacrifice of
well-being. The priest shall turn them into smoke upon the altar of burnt
offering.
11 But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, as well as its head,
its legs, its entrails, and its dung—
12 all the rest of the bull—he shall carry out to a clean place
outside the camp, to the ash heap, and shall burn it on a wood fire; at the ash
heap it shall be burned.
13 If the whole congregation of Israel errs unintentionally and the
matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they do any one of the things
that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done and incur guilt;
14 When the sin that they have committed becomes known, the assembly
shall offer a bull of the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent
of meeting.
15 The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head
of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the
Lord.
16 The anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into
the tent of meeting,
17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it
seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain.
18 He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is
before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour
out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the
tent of meeting.
19 He shall remove all its fat and turn it into smoke on the
altar.
20 He shall do with the bull just as is done with the bull of sin
offering; he shall do the same with this. The priest shall make atonement for
them, and they shall be forgiven.
21 He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned
the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
22 When a ruler sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things
that by commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done and incurs
guilt,
23 once the sin that he has committed is made known to him, he shall
bring as his offering a male goat without blemish.
24 He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat; it shall be
slaughtered at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord;
it is a sin offering.
25 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 its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
26 All its fat he shall turn into smoke on the altar, like the fat of
the sacrifice of well-being. Thus the priest shall make atonement on his behalf
for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
27 If anyone of the ordinary people among you sins unintentionally in
doing any one of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be
done and incurs guilt,
28 when the sin that you have committed is made known to you, you
shall bring a female goat without blemish as your offering, for the sin that
you have committed.
29 You shall lay your hand on the head of the sin offering; and the
sin offering shall be slaughtered at the place of the burnt offering.
30 The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it
on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he shall pour out the rest of
its blood at the base of the altar.
31 He shall remove all its fat, as the fat is removed from the
offering of well-being, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar
for a pleasing odour to the Lord. Thus the priest shall make atonement on your
behalf, and you shall be forgiven.
32 If the offering you bring as a sin offering is a sheep, you shall
bring a female without blemish.
33 You shall lay your hand on the head of the sin offering; and it
shall be slaughtered as a sin offering at the spot where the burnt offering is
slaughtered.
34 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 its blood at the base of the altar.
35 You shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the sheep is removed
from the sacrifice of well-being, and the priest shall turn it into smoke on
the altar, with the offerings by fire to the Lord. Thus the priest shall make
atonement on your behalf for the sin that you have committed, and you shall be
forgiven.
LEVITICUS 5
1 When any of you sin in that you have heard a public adjuration to
testify and—though able to testify as one who has seen or learned of the
matter—do not speak up, you are subject to punishment.
2 Or when any of you touch any unclean thing—whether the carcass of
an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of an
unclean swarming thing—and are unaware of it, you have become unclean, and are
guilty.
3 Or when you touch human uncleanness—any uncleanness by which one
can become unclean—and are unaware of it, when you come to know it, you shall
be guilty.
4 Or when any of you utter aloud a rash oath for a bad or a good
purpose, whatever people utter in an oath, and are unaware of it, when you come
to know it, you shall in any of these be guilty.
5 When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the
sin that you have committed.
6 And you shall bring to the Lord, as your penalty for the sin that
you have committed, a female from the flock, a sheep or a goat, as a sin
offering; and the priest shall make atonement on your behalf for your
sin.
7 But if you cannot afford a sheep, you shall bring to the Lord, as
your penalty for the sin that you have committed, two turtledoves or two
pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
8 You shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one
for the sin offering, wringing its head at the nape without severing it.
9 He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the
side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base
of the altar; it is a sin offering.
10 And the second he shall offer for a burnt offering according to
the regulation. Thus the priest shall make atonement on your behalf for the sin
that you have committed, and you shall be forgiven.
11 But if you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, you shall
bring as your offering for the sin that you have committed one-tenth of an
ephah of choice flour for a sin offering; you shall not put oil on it or lay
frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
12 You shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall scoop up a
handful of it as its memorial portion, and turn this into smoke on the altar,
with the offerings by fire to the Lord; it is a sin offering.
13 Thus the priest shall make atonement on your behalf for whichever
of these sins you have committed, and you shall be forgiven. Like the grain
offering, the rest shall be for the priest.
14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
15 When any of you commit a trespass and sin unintentionally in any
of the holy things of the Lord, you shall bring, as your guilt offering to the
Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, convertible into silver by the
sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
16 And you shall make restitution for the holy thing in which you
were remiss, and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. The
priest shall make atonement on your behalf with the ram of the guilt offering,
and you shall be forgiven.
17 If any of you sin without knowing it, doing any of the things that
by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, you have incurred guilt, and
are subject to punishment.
18 You shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the
flock, or the equivalent, as a guilt offering; and the priest shall make
atonement on your behalf for the error that you committed unintentionally, and
you shall be forgiven.
19 It is a guilt offering; you have incurred guilt before the Lord.
LEVITICUS 6
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 When any of you sin and commit a trespass against the Lord by
deceiving a neighbour in a matter of a deposit or a pledge, or by robbery, or
if you have defrauded a neighbour,
3 or have found something lost and lied about it—if you swear
falsely regarding any of the various things that one may do and sin
thereby—
4 when you have sinned and realize your guilt, and would restore
what you took by robbery or by fraud or the deposit that was committed to you,
or the lost thing that you found,
5 or anything else about which you have sworn falsely, you shall
repay the principal amount and shall add one-fifth to it. You shall pay it to
its owner when you realize your guilt.
6 And you shall bring to the priest, as your guilt offering to the
Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt
offering.
7 The priest shall make atonement on your behalf before the Lord,
and you shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and incur guilt
thereby.
8 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the ritual of the
burnt offering. The burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth upon the
altar all night until the morning, while the fire on the altar shall be kept
burning.
10 The priest shall put on his linen vestments after putting on his
linen undergarments next to his body; and he shall take up the ashes to which
the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar, and place them beside the
altar.
11 Then he shall take off his vestments and put on other garments,
and carry the ashes out to a clean place outside the camp.
12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not go out. Every
morning the priest shall add wood to it, lay out the burnt offering on it, and
turn into smoke the fat pieces of the offerings of well-being.
13 A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar; it shall not
go out.
14 This is the ritual of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall
offer it before the Lord, in front of the altar.
15 They shall take from it a handful of the choice flour and oil of
the grain offering, with all the frankincense that is on the offering, and they
shall turn its memorial portion into smoke on the altar as a pleasing odour to
the Lord.
16 Aaron and his sons shall eat what is left of it; it shall be eaten
as unleavened cakes in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they
shall eat it.
17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their
portion of my offerings by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the
guilt offering.
18 Every male among the descendants of Aaron shall eat of it, as
their perpetual due throughout your generations, from the Lord's offerings by
fire; anything that touches them shall become holy.
19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
20 This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the
Lord on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour as a
regular offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
21 It shall be made with oil on a griddle; you shall bring it well
soaked, as a grain offering of baked pieces, and you shall present it as a
pleasing odour to the Lord.
22 And so the priest, anointed from among Aaron's descendants as a
successor, shall prepare it; it is the Lord's—a perpetual due—to be turned
entirely into smoke.
23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned; it shall
not be eaten.
24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
25 Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the ritual of the sin
offering. The sin offering shall be slaughtered before the Lord at the spot
where the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy.
26 The priest who offers it as a sin offering shall eat of it; it
shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.
27 Whatever touches its flesh shall become holy; and when any of its
blood is spattered on a garment, you shall wash the bespattered part in a holy
place.
28 An earthen vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; but if
it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that shall be scoured and rinsed in
water.
29 Every male among the priests shall eat of it; it is most holy.
30 But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought
into the tent of meeting for atonement in the holy place; it shall be burned
with fire.
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