1 And the LORD {YHWH, Lawgiver} spoke to Moses, saying {leimor: introductory formula}.
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, “When a person sins unintentionally {bishgagah: in error} against any of the commandments of the LORD {YHWH, Law-Giver} that are not to be performed, and does one of them.”
3 If the anointed priest {ha-mashiach: divinely appointed} sins causing guilt on the people, then he must bring for his own sin, which he has sinned, a young bull, without blemish, to the LORD {YHWH, Atonement Grantor}, as a sin offering.
4 And he shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent {ohel-moed: designated assembly space} of meeting, before the LORD {YHWH, Divine Appointer}; and he shall lay his hand upon the bull’s head and slaughter the bull before the LORD.
5 Then the anointed priest {mashiach: divinely chosen} shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it {oto: that blood} to the Tent of Meeting.
6 Before the LORD {YHWH, Sanctuary Sovereign}, the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times opposite the veil {parokhet: dividing curtain} of the sanctuary.
7 And the priest shall place some of the blood on the horns of the altar of incense {ketoret: aromatic offering} before the LORD {YHWH, Ritual Recipient} in the tent of meeting; then he shall pour out all the bull’s blood at the base of the burnt-offering altar, which stands at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8 And he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering {chatat: purification sacrifice}, the fat that covers the entrails {kerev: inner organs}, and all the fat that is on the entrails.
9 And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the protruding lobe {hayoteret: remainder lobe} on the liver, which is by the kidneys, he shall remove {yesirennah: take away}.
10 Just as the fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, so the priest shall burn it on the altar {mizbeach: sacrificial platform} of the burnt offering {olah: total consumption offering}.
11 And the skin of the bull {par: sacrificial animal}, and all its flesh, with its head and its legs, and its inner parts {kirbo: vital organs}, and its dung.
12 And he shall take out the whole bull out to a place outside the camp {michuts: designated boundary}, to a clean location, to the ash heap, and burn it on wood {etsim: fuel for full consumption} with fire; it shall be burned on the ash heap.
13 And if the entire assembly of Israel errs {yishgu: stray unintentionally}, and the matter is concealed from the eyes of the congregation, and they perform one of all the commandments of the LORD {YHWH, Covenant Law-Giver} that must not be done, then they are guilty.
14 When the sin {chatat: Moral Failure} that they have committed becomes known, the assembly {kahal: Gathered Community} shall bring near a young bull for a sin-offering and bring it before the tent of meeting.
15 Then the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands {yad: agent of identification} on the head of the bull before the LORD {YHWH, Divine Judge}, and it shall then be slaughtered before the LORD.
16 Then the anointed priest {hamashiach: specially consecrated} shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting {ohel moed: sanctuary for appointments}.
17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood and shall sprinkle it seven times before the LORD {YHWH, Worship Receiver}, facing the front of the curtain {parokhet: sanctuary divider}.
18 He shall place part of the blood on the horns of the altar before the LORD {YHWH, Worship Recipient}, in the tent of meeting {ohel mo’ed: appointed gathering}; then he shall pour out all the remaining blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
19 And he shall remove {yarim: lift up} all its fat from it and burn {vehiktir: offer as incense} it on the altar.
20 He shall treat this bull exactly as he treated the sin-offering bull; in the same way, he shall apply the procedure to this animal. The priest {kohen: appointed mediator} shall make atonement {kipper: purification and reconciliation} for them, and they shall be forgiven.
21 And he shall bring the bull beyond the camp and burn it in the same manner as the first one. It is the sin offering {hattat: purification sacrifice} for the assembly {qahal: gathered assembly}.
22 When a leader sins and does one of all the commandments of the LORD {YHWH, Righteous Judge} his God that ought not to be done by mistake, he is guilty {ashem: forensic liability}.
23 Or if his sin {chatat: moral failure} which he has committed becomes known to him, then he shall bring his offering—a male goat {seir: atoning sacrifice} from the goats, a male without defect.
24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD {YHWH, Holy Judge}. It is a sin offering {chattat: purification sacrifice}.
25 And the priest {kohen: temple minister} shall lift some of the sin offering’s blood with his finger, place it on the horns of the altar of burnt offerings, and pour out the remaining blood at the base {yesod: foundation} of the altar of burnt offerings.
26 And all his fat he shall burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest {kohen: ministering mediator} shall make atonement for him from his sin {chatta’to: guilt incurred by missing the mark}, and it will be forgiven him.
27 And if any person from among the people of the land sins unintentionally {bishgagah: unintentional error} by doing one of the commandments of the LORD {YHWH, Just Judge} that must not be done, then the person is guilty.
28 Or if his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring his offering—a female goat {seirath izzim: female kid of goats} without blemish, a female—for his sin {chatato: specific offense} which he has sinned.
29 He is to lay his hand {yad: covenant transfer gesture} on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the site of the burnt offering {olah: total ascent sacrifice}.
30 And the priest {kohen: appointed mediator} shall take up some of its blood on his fingertip and place it upon the horns {qarnot: ritual focal points} of the altar of burnt offering; then he shall pour out all its blood at the altar’s base.
31 And he shall remove all its fat {chelev: the choicest portion}, as the fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the LORD {YHWH, Accepts Atonement}. Thus, the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
32 And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering {chatat: purification offering}, he shall bring a female unblemished {temimah: whole, unblemished}.
33 And he shall lay his hand {yad: symbol of personal identification} upon the head of the sin-offering, and he shall slaughter it as a sin-offering in the place where they slaughter the burnt-offering {olah: wholly consumed offering}.
34 The priest {kohen: sacred minister} is to place a fingerful of the sin offering’s blood {chatat: unintentional atonement sacrifice} on the horns of the burnt offering altar and then pour out the remainder of the blood at the altar’s base.
35 And he shall remove all its fat {chelbah: sacrificial fat}, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn them on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD {YHWH, Atonement Source}. And the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he committed, and it will be forgiven him.