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

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Footnotes

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

Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God,(A) to offer gifts and sacrifices(B) for sins.(C) He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,(D) since he himself is subject to weakness.(E) This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.(F)

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27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(A) day after day, first for his own sins,(B) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(C) when he offered himself.(D)

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But only the high priest entered(A) the inner room,(B) and that only once a year,(C) and never without blood,(D) which he offered for himself(E) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(F)

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