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 LEVITICUS 4

Sin offerings (chattat) for unwitting sin by the High Priest or the community requires sacrificing a bull, sprinkling its blood in the Tabernacle, burning on the altar the fat around the entrails, the kidneys, and the protuberance on the liver, and burning the rest of the bull on an ash heap outside the camp. Guilt offerings for unwitting sin by a chieftain requires sacrificing a male goat, putting some of its blood on the horns of the altar, and burning its fat. Guilt offerings for unwitting sin by a lay person requires sacrificing a female goat, putting some of its blood on the horns of the altar, and burning its fat.

PEOPLE: YHVH - Moses - Children of Israel

PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai

RELATED ARTICLES: Vayikra (parsha) - 613 Mitzvot - Priestly Code - Kohen - Bull - Tabernacle - Korban - Blood - Veil - Altar - Laying on of hands - Goat

ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe