Leviticus 4:3 - Easy To Read Version “If the anointed priest [23] makes a mistake in a way that leaves the people guilty for their sin, then the priest must make an offering to the Lord for his sin. The priest must offer a young bull that has nothing wrong with it. He must offer the young bull to the Lord as a sin offering. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to the Lord as a sin offering. [Heb. 7:27, 28.] American Standard Version (1901) if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering. Common English Bible If it is the anointed priest who has sinned, making the people guilty of sin, he must present to the LORD a flawless bull from the herd as a purification offering for the sin he has committed. Catholic Public Domain Version if the priest, who is anointed, will have sinned, causing the people to commit a transgression, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin an immaculate calf. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish. |
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven young male goats. These animals were for a sin offering for the kingdom of Judah, for the Holy Place {\cf2\super [347]} to make it clean, and for the people of Judah. King Hezekiah commanded the priests that were descendants {\cf2\super [348]} of Aaron to offer those animals on the Lord’s altar. {\cf2\super [349]}
Then the Jewish people that came back from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They offered twelve bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 male lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
Then take the bull’s meat, his skin, and his other parts and go outside your camp. Burn these things there outside the camp. This is an offering to take away the sins of the priests.
Then take some of the blood from the altar. Mix it with the special oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes. And sprinkle it on their sons and their clothes. This will show that Aaron and his sons serve me in a special way. And it will show that their clothes are used only at special times.
Take the anointing oil [268] and pour it on Aaron’s head. This will show that Aaron is chosen for this work.
“Once a year Aaron must make a special sacrifice [297] to the Lord. Aaron will use the blood of the sin offering to erase the sins of the people. Aaron will do this at the horns of this altar. [298] This day will be called the Day of Atonement. This will be a very special day for the Lord.”
There were two tables on each side \{of the door\} of this porch. The animals for the burnt offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings were killed on these tables.
You will give a young bull as a sin offering to the men from Zadok’s family. These men are the priests from the family group of Levi. They are the men who serve me by bringing the offerings to me.’” The Lord my Master said these things.
Then he can go back into the holy place. But on the day he goes into the inner courtyard to serve in the holy place, he must offer a sin offering for himself.” The Lord my Master said these things.
“When a person offers a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a male animal that has nothing wrong with it.
“When a person offers one of his cows as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a bull that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [2] Then the Lord will accept the offering.
“Then Aaron will offer the bull as a sin offering for himself. Aaron will make himself and his family pure. [274] Aaron will kill the bull for the sin offering for himself.
“Before Aaron enters the {Most} Holy Place {on the Day of Atonement}, he must offer a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
“Aaron must take from the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Then Aaron must offer the bull for the sin offering. This sin offering is for himself. Aaron must do this to make him and his family pure. [268]
If they learn about that sin, then they must offer a young bull as a sin offering for the whole nation. They must bring the bull to the Meeting Tent. [30]
If the ruler learns about his sin, then he must bring a male goat that has nothing wrong with it. That will be his offering.
If that person learns about his sin, then he must bring a female goat that has nothing wrong with it. That will be the person’s sin offering. He must bring this goat for the sin that he has done.
Then the anointed priest [25] must get some of the blood from the bull and take it into the Meeting Tent.
He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin he did. He must bring a female lamb or a female goat as a sin offering. Then the priest will {do the things that will} make that person pure [44] from the sin that person did.
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.”
Then Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head. In this way, he made Aaron holy.
Moses said to Aaron, “Take a bull and a ram. There must be nothing wrong with those animals. The bull will be a sin offering, and the ram will be a burnt offering. Offer those animals to the Lord.
Tell the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering. And take a calf and a lamb for a burnt offering. The calf and the lamb must each be one year old. There must be nothing wrong with those animals.
But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”
“The Levite men must take a young bull and the grain offering that must be offered with it. This grain offering will be flour mixed with oil. Then take another young bull for a sin offering.
The law {\cf2\super [61]} was without power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to condemn (destroy) sin.
The high priest offers sacrifices for the sins of the people. But the high priest has weaknesses himself. So he also must offer sacrifices for his own sins.
Christ entered the Most Holy Place {\cf2\super [105]} only one time—enough for all time. Christ entered the Most Holy Place by using his own blood (death), not the blood of goats or young bulls. Christ entered there and got for us freedom forever.