Laws for Sin Offerings
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the sons of Israel: When a soul sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD about things not to be done, and does one of them —
if it is the anointed priest who sins, bringing guilt on the people, then he shall bring near for his sin that he has sinned a young bull without blemish to the LORD, as a sin offering.
And he shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, and lay his hand on the head of the bull, and slaughter 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 some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the holy place.
And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the LORD, which 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, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall lift up from it: the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat that is on the inner parts,
and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys —
just as it is lifted up from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of burnt offering.
But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and its legs, and its inner parts and its dung —
the whole bull he shall bring out to a clean place outside the camp, to the ash heap, and burn it on wood with fire; at the ash heap it shall be burned.
And if the whole congregation of Israel goes astray, and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do one of all the commandments of the LORD about things not to be done, and become guilty —
when the sin they have sinned becomes known, then the assembly shall bring near a young bull as a sin offering, and bring it before 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 slaughtered before the LORD.
And 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 some of the blood he shall put on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
And all its fat he shall lift up from it and turn into smoke on the altar.
And he shall do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering — so he shall do with it. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
And he shall bring the bull outside the camp and burn it, as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering of the assembly.
When a leader sins, and does unintentionally one of all the commandments of the LORD his God about things not to be done, and becomes guilty —
or his sin that he has sinned is made known to him — then he shall bring as his offering a male goat without blemish.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
And 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 its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
And all its fat he shall turn into smoke on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
And if one soul of the people of the land sins unintentionally, by doing one of the commandments of the LORD about things not to be done, and becomes guilty —
or his sin that he has sinned is made known to him — then he shall bring as his offering a female goat without blemish, for his sin that he has sinned.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the 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 all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
And all its fat he shall remove, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, for a soothing aroma to the LORD. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
And 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 all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
And all its fat he shall remove, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar, on the fire offerings of the LORD. And the priest shall make atonement for him, for his sin that he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.