Dual Panel1THE LORD told Moses
2to say to the Israelites, When anyone sins inadvertently by doing anything forbidden by any of the LORD's commandments:
3If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then for the sin he has committed he must present to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a purification-offering.
4He must bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
5The anointed priest must then bring some of its blood into the Tent of Meeting,
6dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it in front of the sanctuary curtain seven times before the LORD.
7The priest must then smear some of the blood on the horns of the altar where fragrant incense is burnt before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting; the rest of the bull's blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar of whole-offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
8He must set aside all the fat from the bull of the purification-offering; he must set aside the fat covering the entrails and all the fat upon the entrails,
9both kidneys with the fat on them beside the loins, and the long lobe of the liver with the kidneys.
10It is to be set aside as was done with the fat from the bull at the shared-offering. The priest must burn the pieces of fat on the altar of whole-offering;
11but the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as its head, its shins, its entrails and offal,
12the whole of it, he must take away outside the camp to a ritually clean place, where the ash-heap is, and destroy it on a wood fire on top of the ash-heap.
13If it is the whole Israelite community that sins inadvertently by doing what is forbidden by any of the LORD's commandments, and so incurs guilt, and the matter is not known to the assembly,
14then, when the sin they have committed is brought to their notice, the assembly must present a young bull as a purification-offering and bring it in front of the Tent of Meeting.
15The elders of the community must lay their hands on the victim's head before the LORD, and it must be slaughtered before the LORD.
16The anointed priest must then bring some of the blood into the Tent of Meeting,
17dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it in front of the curtain seven times before the LORD.
18He must smear some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and pour all the rest at the base of the altar of whole-offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
19He must set aside all the fat from the bull and burn it on the altar.
20He is to deal with this bull as he deals with the bull of the purification-offering; in this way the priest makes expiation for the people's guilt and they are forgiven.
21He is then to have the bull taken outside the camp to be burnt as the other bull was burnt. This is a purification-offering for the assembly.
22When a leader sins by doing inadvertently what is forbidden by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, thereby incurring guilt,
23and the sin he has committed is made known to him, he must bring a he-goat without blemish as his offering.
24He must lay his hand on the goat's head and slaughter it before the LORD in the place where the whole-offering is slaughtered. It is a purification-offering.
25The priest must then take some of the blood of the victim with his finger and smear it on the horns of the altar of whole-offering; the rest of the blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar of whole-offering.
26He must burn all the fat at the altar in the same way as the fat of the shared-offering. Thus the priest is to make expiation for that person's sin, and it will be forgiven him.
27If anyone among the ordinary lay people sins inadvertently and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD's commandments, thereby incurring guilt,
28and the sin he has committed is made known to him, he must bring as his offering for the sin which he has committed a she-goat without blemish.
29He must lay his hand on the head of the victim and slaughter it at the place where the whole-offering is slaughtered.
30The priest must then take some of its blood with his finger and smear it on the horns of the altar of whole-offering; the rest of the blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar.
31He must remove all its fat as the fat is removed from the shared-offering, and burn it on the altar as a soothing odour to the LORD. Thus the priest is to make expiation for that person's guilt, and it will be forgiven him.
32If it is a sheep he brings as his offering for sin, it must be a ewe without blemish.
33He must lay his hand on the head of the victim and slaughter it as a purification-offering at the place where the whole-offering is slaughtered.
34The priest must then take some of the blood of the victim with his finger and smear it on the horns of the altar of whole-offering; the rest of the blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar.
35He must remove all its fat, as the fat of the sheep is removed from the shared-offering. He must burn the pieces of fat at the altar on top of the food-offerings to the LORD; thus the priest is to make expiation on account of the sin that the person has committed, and it will be forgiven him.