The ruler must put his hand on the goat’s head and kill the goat at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord. The goat is a sin offering.
People gave money at the times they offered guilt offerings and sin offerings. But that money was not used to pay the workers. That money belonged to the priests.
But \{even after he did this,\} all of us wandered away like sheep. We all went our own way. \{We did this after\} the Lord \{freed us from our guilt and\} put all our guilt on him.
The person must kill the animal on the north side of the altar [6] in front of the Lord. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, must sprinkle the animal’s blood on the altar, all around it.
The person must put his hand on the animal’s head {while it is being killed}. The Lord will accept that burnt offering as payment to make that person pure. [3]
“The person must kill the young bull in front of the Lord. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, must bring the blood to the altar [4] near the entrance of the Meeting Tent [5] and sprinkle the blood on the altar, all around it.
Then the priest will kill the male lamb in the holy place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering. The guilt offering is like the sin offering. It belongs to the priest. It is very holy.
“Then Aaron must kill the goat of the sin offering for the people. Aaron must bring this goat’s blood into the room behind the curtain. Aaron must do with the goat’s blood as he did with the bull’s blood. Aaron must sprinkle the goat’s blood on the special cover [280] and in front of the cover.
The person must put his hand on the goat’s head and kill it in front of the Meeting Tent. [20] Then Aaron’s son must sprinkle the goat’s blood on the altar, [21] all around it.
The person must put his hand on the animal’s head and kill the animal at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [16] Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, must sprinkle the blood on the altar, [17] all around it.
He must put his hand on the animal’s head and kill the animal in front of the Meeting Tent. [18] Then Aaron’s sons must sprinkle the animal’s blood on the altar, [19] all around it.
Every male among the children of Aaron may eat from the offerings made to the Lord by fire. This is a rule forever through your generations. Touching these offerings makes those men holy.”
“The priest from among Aaron’s descendants [64] that is chosen to take Aaron’s place must make this grain offering to the Lord. This rule will continue forever. The grain offering must be completely burned for the Lord.
“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the sin offering. The sin offering must be killed in the place where the burnt offering is killed before the Lord. It is most holy.
A priest must kill the guilt offering in the same place where they kill the burnt offerings. Then the priest must sprinkle the blood from the guilt offering around the altar. [69]