| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 2“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the LORD’s commands. | 2"Tell the Israelites, 'When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them-- |
| 3“If the high priest sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the LORD a young bull with no defects. | 3"'If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the LORD for a sin offering. |
| 4He must bring the bull to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD. | 4He must bring the bull to the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the LORD, lay his hand on the head of the bull, and slaughter the bull before the LORD. |
| 5The high priest will then take some of the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle, | 5Then that high priest must take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the Meeting Tent. |
| 6dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary. | 6The priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD toward the front of the veil-canopy of the sanctuary. |
| 7The priest will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the LORD’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 7The priest must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the bull's blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. |
| 8Then the priest must remove all the fat of the bull to be offered as a sin offering. This includes all the fat around the internal organs, | 8"'Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull: the fat covering the entrails and all the fat surrounding the entrails, |
| 9the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. He must remove these along with the kidneys, | 9the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys) |
| 10just as he does with cattle offered as a peace offering, and burn them on the altar of burnt offerings. | 10 --just as it is taken from the ox of the peace offering sacrifice--and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. |
| 11But he must take whatever is left of the bull—its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and dung— | 11But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung-- |
| 12and carry it away to a place outside the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash heap, he will burn it on a wood fire. | 12all the rest of the bull--he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile. |
| 13“If the entire Israelite community sins by violating one of the LORD’s commands, but the people don’t realize it, they are still guilty. | 13"'If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the Lord's commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty, |
| 14When they become aware of their sin, the people must bring a young bull as an offering for their sin and present it before the Tabernacle. | 14the assembly must present a young bull for a sin offering when the sin they have committed becomes known. They must bring it before the Meeting Tent, |
| 15The elders of the community must then lay their hands on the bull’s head and slaughter it before the LORD. | 15the elders of the congregation must lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and someone must slaughter the bull before the LORD. |
| 16The high priest will then take some of the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle, | 16Then the high priest must bring some of the blood of the bull to the Meeting Tent, |
| 17dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain. | 17and that priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD toward the front of the veil-canopy. |
| 18He will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the LORD’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 18He must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. |
| 19Then the priest must remove all the animal’s fat and burn it on the altar, | 19"'Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar. |
| 20just as he does with the bull offered as a sin offering for the high priest. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. | 20He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven. |
| 21Then the priest must take what is left of the bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it there, just as is done with the sin offering for the high priest. This offering is for the sin of the entire congregation of Israel. | 21He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull--it is the sin offering of the assembly. |
| 22“If one of Israel’s leaders sins by violating one of the commands of the LORD his God but doesn’t realize it, he is still guilty. | 22"'Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the LORD his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty, |
| 23When he becomes aware of his sin, he must bring as his offering a male goat with no defects. | 23or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering. |
| 24He must lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered before the LORD. This is an offering for his sin. | 24He must lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD--it is a sin offering. |
| 25Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. | 25Then the priest must 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 must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. |
| 26Then he must burn all the goat’s fat on the altar, just as he does with the peace offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the leader from his sin, making him right with the LORD, and he will be forgiven. | 26Then the priest must offer all of its fat up in smoke on the altar like the fat of the peace offering sacrifice. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin and he will be forgiven. |
| 27“If any of the common people sin by violating one of the LORD’s commands, but they don’t realize it, they are still guilty. | 27"'If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty |
| 28When they become aware of their sin, they must bring as an offering for their sin a female goat with no defects. | 28or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless female goat as his offering for the sin that he committed. |
| 29They must lay a hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered. | 29He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. |
| 30Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. | 30Then the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. |
| 31Then he must remove all the goat’s fat, just as he does with the fat of the peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar, and it will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. | 31Then he must remove all of its fat (just as fat was removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the LORD. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf and he will be forgiven. |
| 32“If the people bring a sheep as their sin offering, it must be a female with no defects. | 32"'But if he brings a sheep as his offering, for a sin offering, he must bring a flawless female. |
| 33They must lay a hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered. | 33He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. |
| 34Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. | 34Then the priest must 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 must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. |
| 35Then he must remove all the sheep’s fat, just as he does with the fat of a sheep presented as a peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people from their sin, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. | 35Then the one who brought the offering must remove all its fat (just as the fat of the sheep is removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the LORD. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed and he will be forgiven. |
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