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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They must lay a hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slay the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], and kill it at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Lead the goat to the north side of the bronze altar and lay your hand on its head, before having it killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will place his hand on the animal's head and slaughter it where animals for burnt offerings are slaughtered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You shall put your hand on its head and kill it on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place for burnt offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he has laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and has slaughtered the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he placed his hand upon the head of the sin, and he slaughtered the sin in the place of the burnt-offering.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim that is for sin, and shall immolate it in the place of the holocaust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he shall place his hand upon the head of the victim which is for sin. And he shall immolate it in the place of the holocaust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The wrongdoer shall lay a hand on the head of the purification offering, and the purification offering shall be slaughtered at the place of the burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall lay your hand on the head of the sin offering; and the sin offering shall be slaughtered at the place of the burnt offering.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering and slay the sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and shall slaughter the sin offering in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sin-offering, and they shall slay the kid of the sin-offering in the place where they slay the <i>victims for</i> whole-burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/4-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=728" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm">Laws for Sin Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5564.htm" title="5564: wə·sā·maḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To lean, lay, rest, support. A primitive root; to prop; reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of.">He is to lay</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">his hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the head</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">of the sin offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: wə·šā·ḥaṭ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">and slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bim·qō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">at the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: hā·‘ō·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">of the burnt offering.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a></span><br />According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4</a></span><br />because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/1-4.htm">Leviticus 1:4</a></span><br />He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Leviticus 16:21</a></span><br />Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/8-12.htm">Numbers 8:12</a></span><br />And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a></span><br />We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a></span><br />He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a></span><br />For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a></span><br />He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-10.htm">Exodus 29:10</a></span><br />You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/5-5.htm">Leviticus 5:5-6</a></span><br />If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed, / and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-6.htm">Leviticus 6:6-7</a></span><br />Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock. / In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/4-4.htm">Leviticus 4:4,15,24,33</a></b></br> And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4-14</a></b></br> For <i>it is</i> not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/4-26.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-25.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-25.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-28.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-28.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-25.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Slay</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/4-30.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-30.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-30.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-30.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-32.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-32.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-33.htm">Slay</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-1.htm">The sin offering of ignorance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-3.htm">for the priest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">for the congregation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm">for the ruler</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">for any of the people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering</b><br>This act of laying hands on the animal symbolizes the transfer of the individual's sin to the offering. It signifies identification with the sacrifice, acknowledging that the animal is taking the place of the sinner. This practice is rooted in the ancient Near Eastern customs where the laying on of hands was a gesture of blessing, commissioning, or transferring authority or guilt. In the broader biblical context, this act foreshadows the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, who bore the sins of humanity on the cross (<a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a>, <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a>).<p><b>and slaughter it</b><br>The slaughtering of the animal represents the seriousness of sin and the necessity of bloodshed for atonement, as stated in <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>, "For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar." This act prefigures the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God, whose death provides the final atonement for sin (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>, <a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a>).<p><b>at the place of the burnt offering</b><br>The location of the sacrifice is significant, as it is performed at the altar of burnt offering, which was situated in the courtyard of the Tabernacle (and later the Temple). This altar was central to Israelite worship and sacrificial practices, symbolizing the meeting place between God and man. The burnt offering, which was entirely consumed by fire, represents total dedication to God. The sin offering being slaughtered at this same place underscores the connection between atonement and consecration, pointing to the comprehensive work of Christ, who not only atones for sin but also sanctifies believers (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>, <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_offerer.htm">The Offerer</a></b><br>The individual bringing the sin offering, representing the sinner seeking atonement.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sin_offering.htm">The Sin Offering</a></b><br>A sacrificial animal, typically a bull or goat, offered to atone for unintentional sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar_of_burnt_offering.htm">The Altar of Burnt Offering</a></b><br>Located in the Tabernacle courtyard, where sacrifices were made to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>The mediator who performs the sacrificial rites on behalf of the offerer.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God among the Israelites, where sacrifices and worship were conducted.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_atonement.htm">Understanding Atonement</a></b><br>The act of laying hands on the sin offering symbolizes the transfer of guilt and the need for atonement. This foreshadows Christ's atoning work on the cross.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The requirement of a sin offering underscores the gravity of sin and the need for repentance and reconciliation with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_mediator.htm">Role of the Mediator</a></b><br>The priest's role in the sacrificial process points to Jesus as our High Priest, who mediates on our behalf before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a></b><br>The offerer must personally lay hands on the offering, indicating personal responsibility for sin and the need for individual repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The sin offering prefigures Christ's ultimate sacrifice, teaching us about God's provision for sin and the importance of faith in His redemptive plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_leviticus_sacrifices_avoid_health_issues.htm">How feasible is it, historically, that large numbers of animal sacrifices described in Leviticus 4 could be carried out without creating severe public health issues?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'expiation'_in_christianity.htm">What does "expiation" mean in Christian theology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_meaning_of_a_burnt_offering.htm">What is the significance of a burnt offering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_require_a_sin_offering_for_unintentional_acts.htm">In Leviticus 4:2, why would God require a sin offering for an unintentional act if it was done unknowingly?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29-31) <span class= "bld">And he shall</span> <span class= "bld">lay.</span>--The ritual prescribed in these verses is the same as that ordained in the case of the sin offering of the prince (<a href="/context/leviticus/4-24.htm" title="And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.">Leviticus 4:24-26</a>). In <a href="/leviticus/4-31.htm" title="And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet smell to the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.">Leviticus 4:31</a>, however, the phrase, "for a sweet savour unto the Lord," is added to the burning of the fat pieces of the victim, which does not occur at the sin offering of the high priest, the congregation, or the prince (comp. <a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm" title="As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.">Leviticus 4:10</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-19.htm" title="And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it on the altar.">Leviticus 4:19</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-26.htm" title="And he shall burn all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.">Leviticus 4:26</a>), but is used at burnt offerings (<a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm" title="But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.">Leviticus 1:9</a>; <a href="/leviticus/1-13.htm" title="But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.">Leviticus 1:13</a>) and peace offerings (<a href="/leviticus/3-5.htm" title="And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.">Leviticus 3:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm" title="And the priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the LORD's.">Leviticus 3:16</a>). It is supposed by some that these words are designedly used in connection with the least costly sin offering, to indicate that the humblest gift of the humblest person, if sincerely offered, is as acceptable to God as the most costly offering of the most exalted in the land. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/4-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He shall lay</span><br /><span class="heb">וְסָמַךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sā·maḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5564.htm">Strong's 5564: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prop, to lean upon, take hold of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָד֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the head</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֣אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the sin offering</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחַטָּ֑את</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and slaughter</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁחַט֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·ḥaṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter, beat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֣חַטָּ֔את</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the place</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּמְק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bim·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the burnt offering.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֹלָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/4-29.htm">Leviticus 4:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/4-29.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 4:29 He shall lay his hand (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/4-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 4:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/4-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 4:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>