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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 4 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Leviticus 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/3.htm" title="Leviticus 3">◄</a> Leviticus 4 <a href="../leviticus/5.htm" title="Leviticus 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/leviticus/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Sin Offering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s commands—</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“ ‘If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the <span class="name">Lord</span> a young bull without defect as a sin offering <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter">a</a></sup></span> for the sin he has committed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the <span class="name">Lord</span>. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and carry it into the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the <span class="name">Lord</span> in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>just as the fat is removed from the ox <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.">b</a></sup></span> sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“ ‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the <span class="name">Lord</span> seven times in front of the curtain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the <span class="name">Lord</span> in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“ ‘When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the <span class="name">Lord</span> his God, when he realizes his guilt <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the <span class="name">Lord</span>. It is a sin offering. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“ ‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s commands, when they realize their guilt <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“ ‘If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>purification offering</i>; here and throughout this chapter</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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