And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of
Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the LORD's
commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them,
if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the
people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a
bull from the herd without blemish to the LORD for a sin offering.
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 and kill
the bull before the LORD. And the anointed priest shall take some
of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, and
the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of
the blood seven times before the LORD in front of the veil of the
sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns
of the altar of fragrant incense before the LORD that is in the
tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall
pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the
entrance of the tent of meeting. And all the fat of the bull of the
sin offering he shall remove from it, the fat that covers the
entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails and the two
kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe
of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys (just as these
are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and
the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. But the
skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its
entrails, and its dung—all the rest of the bull—he shall carry
outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall burn
it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.
“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the
thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one
of the things that by the LORD's commandments ought not to be done,
and they realize their guilt, when the sin which they have
committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the
herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of
meeting. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands
on the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be
killed before the LORD. Then the anointed priest shall bring some
of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, and the priest
shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times
before the LORD in front of the veil. And he shall put some of the
blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting
before the LORD, 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. And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on
the altar. Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull
of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall
make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. And he shall
carry the bull outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the
first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
“When a leader sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the
things that by the commandments of the LORD his God ought not to be
done, and realizes his guilt, or the sin which he has committed is
made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male
without blemish, and shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and
kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the
LORD; it is a sin offering. 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 its blood
at the base of the altar of burnt offering. And all its fat he
shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace
offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin,
and he shall be forgiven.
“If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any
one of the things that by the LORD's commandments ought not to be
done, and realizes his guilt, or the sin which he has committed is
made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female
without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. And he shall
lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin
offering in the place of burnt offering. And the priest shall take
some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the
altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at
the base of the altar. And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat
is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it
on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the LORD. And the priest shall
make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
“If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall
bring a female without blemish and lay his hand on the head of the
sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they
kill the burnt offering. 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 all the rest of its
blood at the base of the altar. And all its fat he shall remove as
the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace
offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the
LORD's food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him
for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.
