Leviticus 4:27-28 New English Translation
For the Common Person
27 “‘If an ordinary individual[a] sins by straying unintentionally[b] when he violates one of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated,[c] and he pleads guilty, 28 or his sin that he committed[d] is made known to him,[e] he must bring a flawless female goat[f] as his offering for the sin[g] that he committed.
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- Leviticus 4:27 tn Heb “an individual from the people of the land”; cf. NASB “anyone of the common people” (KJV, ASV both similar); NAB “a private person.”
- Leviticus 4:27 tn Heb “If one person sins by straying, from the people of the land.” See Lev 4:2 for a note on “straying.”
- Leviticus 4:27 tn Heb “by doing it, one from the commandments of the Lord which must not be done.”
- Leviticus 4:28 tn Heb “or his sin which he sinned is made known to him”; cf. NCV “when that person learns about his sin.”
- Leviticus 4:28 tn Lev 4:27b-28a is essentially the same as 4:22b-23a (see the notes there).
- Leviticus 4:28 tn Heb “a she-goat of goats, a female without defect”; NAB “an unblemished she-goat.”
- Leviticus 4:28 tn Heb “on his sin.”
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