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This is the sin offering for the community.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the priest must take what is left of the bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it there, just as is done with the sin offering for the high priest. This offering is for the sin of the entire congregation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it <i>is</i> a sin offering for the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It <i>is</i> a sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he is to bring the bull out to <i>a place</i> outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Then he is to bring out the bull to <i>a place</i> outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he shall bring out the bull to <i>a place</i> outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest is to bring the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he will bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he will bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is the sin-offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then he will take the bull outside the camp and will burn it the same way he burned the first bull. It is an offering for sin for the community.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burns the bull offered for his own sin. This is an offering to take away the sin of the community. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he is to bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he had burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the congregation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull--it is the sin offering of the assembly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.<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 carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin-offering for the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly. <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 brought out the bullock to the outside of the camp, and has burned it as he has burned the first bullock; it [is] a sin-offering of the assembly.<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 brought out the bullock unto the outside of the camp, and hath burned it as he hath burned the first bullock; it is a sin-offering of the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he brought forth the bullock from without the camp, and he burnt it as he burnt the first bullock: it is the sin of the assembly:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the calf itself he shall carry forth without the camp, and shall burn it as he did the former calf: because it is for the sin of the multitude. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But the calf itself he shall carry away, beyond the camp, and he shall also burn it, just as with the previous calf, because it is for the sin of the multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This bull shall also be brought outside the camp and burned, just as the first bull. It is a purification offering for the assembly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall carry forth the bullock outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bullock; it is a sin offering for the congregation.<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 take the bull outside of the camp and he shall burn it as when he burned the first bull; it is the sin of the assembly.<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 carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock; it is the sin-offering for the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall carry forth the calf whole without the camp, and they shall burn the calf as they burnt the former calf: it is the sin-offering of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/4-21.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=654" 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">20</span>He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·hō·w·ṣî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">Then he is to take</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/6499.htm" title="6499: hap·pār (Art:: N-ms) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">the bull</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: lam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: wə·śā·rap̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">and burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: śā·rap̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">he burned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: hap·pār (Art:: N-ms) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">bull.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">It</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ (N-fsc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">is the sin offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: haq·qā·hāl (Art:: N-ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">for the assembly.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.…<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/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="/numbers/19-9.htm">Numbers 19:9</a></span><br />Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3-4</a></span><br />Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. / Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a></span><br />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="/numbers/19-7.htm">Numbers 19:7-8</a></span><br />Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. / The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Exodus 29:14</a></span><br />But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a></span><br />But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-5.htm">Numbers 19:5-6</a></span><br />Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung. / The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm">2 Chronicles 29:21</a></span><br />They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a></span><br />And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-17.htm">Numbers 19:17-19</a></span><br />For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them. / Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain. / The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">2 Chronicles 29:24</a></span><br />And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.<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="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a></span><br />Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-23.htm">2 Chronicles 29:23</a></span><br />Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.</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 carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.</p><p class="hdg">as he</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11,12</a></b></br> And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, … </p><p class="hdg">a sin offering</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/16-15.htm">Leviticus 16:15,21</a></b></br> Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that <i>is</i> for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm">2 Chronicles 29:21-24</a></b></br> And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer <i>them</i> on the altar of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/8-35.htm">Ezra 8:35</a></b></br> <i>Also</i> the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats <i>for</i> a sin offering: all <i>this was</i> a burnt offering unto the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/4-15.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-19.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-18.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-18.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">First</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-6.htm">Tent-Circle</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/8-3.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-23.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-2.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-26.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-25.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-11.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-11.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-8.htm">First</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-23.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-11.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-23.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-24.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-11.htm">Tent-Circle</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>Then he is to take the bull outside the camp</b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, the camp represented the dwelling place of God's people, and anything unclean or associated with sin was taken outside the camp. This act symbolizes the removal of sin from the community. The bull, representing the sin offering, is taken outside to signify the separation of sin from the holy presence of God. This foreshadows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, who was taken outside the city of Jerusalem to be crucified, bearing the sins of humanity (<a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a>).<p><b>and burn it</b><br>The burning of the bull signifies the complete destruction of sin. In the sacrificial system, burning was a way to purify and make atonement. The fire represents God's judgment and purification. This act of burning the sin offering points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, who endured the fiery wrath of God for the sins of the world.<p><b>just as he burned the first bull</b><br>This refers to the earlier instructions given for the sin offering of the anointed priest (<a href="/leviticus/4-3.htm">Leviticus 4:3-12</a>). The repetition emphasizes the seriousness of sin and the need for atonement. It also highlights the consistency of God's requirements for holiness and the thoroughness of the sacrificial system in dealing with sin.<p><b>It is the sin offering for the assembly</b><br>The sin offering was a crucial part of the sacrificial system, designed to atone for unintentional sins of the community. This communal aspect underscores the corporate responsibility of the people of Israel and their collective need for atonement. It points to the unity of the body of Christ, where believers are called to bear one another's burdens and seek forgiveness together. The sin offering prefigures Christ's atoning sacrifice, which was made once for all, covering the sins of the entire assembly of believers (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>The priest is responsible for performing the sin offering ritual, acting as a mediator between the people and God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bull.htm">The Bull</a></b><br>Represents the sin offering, symbolizing the atonement for the sins of the assembly.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/outside_the_camp.htm">Outside the Camp</a></b><br>The location where the bull is burned, signifying the removal of sin from the community.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assembly.htm">The Assembly</a></b><br>Refers to the congregation of Israel, for whom the sin offering is made.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sin_offering.htm">Sin Offering</a></b><br>A sacrificial ritual intended to atone for unintentional sins of the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The need for a sin offering underscores the gravity of sin and its impact on the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_mediator.htm">The Role of the Mediator</a></b><br>Just as the priest mediated for the people, Jesus is our ultimate mediator, offering Himself as the perfect sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/separation_from_sin.htm">Separation from Sin</a></b><br>The act of taking the bull outside the camp symbolizes the need to separate ourselves from sin and its consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The sin offering for the assembly highlights the collective responsibility of the community to seek atonement and maintain holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_in_christ.htm">Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>The Old Testament sacrificial system points to Christ's ultimate sacrifice, which provides complete atonement for sin.<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/what_is_the_purpose_of_a_sin_offering.htm">What is the purpose of a sin offering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_nomadic_israelites_handle_waste.htm">If ancient Israelites were nomadic in the wilderness, how practical would collecting, containing, and disposing of so much blood and animal waste have been according to Leviticus 4?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_leviticus_5_and_hebrews_10_4_align.htm">How do interpreters reconcile Leviticus 5's focus on sacrifices with Hebrews 10:4 declaring it impossible for animal blood to remove sins?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_death_for_gathering_wood_on_sabbath.htm">Numbers 15:32-36: Why is gathering wood on the Sabbath punished by death, and how does this align with a just moral system today?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/4-21.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">Then he is to take</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהוֹצִ֣יא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bull</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">outside</span><br /><span class="heb">מִחוּץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(mi·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(lam·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and burn</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׂרַ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śā·rap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, on fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹת֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he burned</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרַ֔ף</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, on fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bull.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">It</span><br /><span class="heb">הֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the sin offering</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטַּ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<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">for the assembly.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקָּהָ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qā·hāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assembly, convocation, congregation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/4-21.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 4:21 He shall carry forth the bull outside (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 4:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 4:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:22" /></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>