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Offerings for sins that people did not really want to do

The Lord said to Moses, ‘Say to Israel's people, “A man may sin, when he did not really want to sin against the Lord. This is what that person must do.

The man may be a priest that you have anointed. If that is true, his sins will cause the people to sin. He must bring a young bull as a gift to the Lord.

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The Sin Offering

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands(B)

“‘If the anointed priest(C) sins,(D) bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull(E) without defect(F) as a sin offering[a](G) for the sin he has committed.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter