Leviticus 4

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

dabber el-bene yisra'el lemor nefesh ki-tekheta vishgagah mikkol mitsvot Adonai asher lo te'asenah ve'asah me'akhat mehennah

Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a person unwittingly incurs guilt in regard to any of GOD’s commandments about things not to be done, and does one of them—

im hakkohen hammashiakh yekheta le'ashmat ha'am vehiqriv al khattato asher khata par ben-baqar tamim la-Adonai lekhattat

If it is the anointed priest who has incurred guilt, so that blame falls upon the people, he shall offer for the sin of which he is guilty a bull of the herd without blemish as a purgation offering to GOD.

vehevi et-happar el-petakh ohel mo'ed lifne Adonai vesamakh et-yado al-rosh happar veshakhat et-happar lifne Adonai

He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, before GOD, and lay his hand upon the head of the bull. The bull shall be slaughtered before GOD,

velaqakh hakkohen hammashiakh middam happar vehevi oto el-ohel mo'ed

and the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.

vetaval hakkohen et-etsba'o baddam vehizzah min-haddam sheva pe'amim lifne Adonai et-pene parokhet haqqodesh

The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before GOD, in front of the curtain of the Shrine.

venatan hakkohen min-haddam al-qarnot mizbakh qetoret hassammim lifne Adonai asher be'ohel mo'ed ve'et kol-dam happar yishpokh el-yesod mizbakh ha'olah asher-petakh ohel mo'ed

The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of aromatic incense, which is in the Tent of Meeting, before GOD; and all the rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

ve'et-kol-khelev par hakhattat yarim mimmennu et-hakhelev hamekhasseh al-haqqerev ve'et kol-hakhelev asher al-haqqerev

He shall remove all the fat from the bull of purgation offering: the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is about the entrails;

ve'et shete hakkelayot ve'et-hakhelev asher alehen asher al-hakkesalim ve'et-hayyoteret al-hakkaved al-hakkelayot yesirennah

the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys—

ka'asher yuram mishor zevakh hashelamim vehiqtiram hakkohen al mizbakh ha'olah

just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of well-being. The priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of burnt offering.

ve'et-or happar ve'et-kol-besaro al-rosho ve'al-kera'ayw veqirbo ufirsho

But the hide of the bull, and all its flesh, as well as its head and legs, its entrails and its dung—

vehotsi et-kol-happar el-mikhuts lammakhaneh el-maqom tahor el-shefekh haddeshen vesaraf oto al-etsim ba'esh al-shefekh haddeshen yissaref

all the rest of the bull—he shall carry to a pure place outside the camp, to the ash heap, and burn it up in a wood fire; it shall be burned on the ash heap.

ve'im kol-adat yisra'el yishgu venelam davar me'ene haqqahal ve'asu akhat mikkol-mitsvot Adonai asher lo-te'asenah ve'ashemu

If it is the whole community of Israel that has erred and the matter escapes the notice of the congregation, so that they do any of the things that by GOD’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt—

venode'ah hakhattat asher khate'u aleha vehiqrivu haqqahal par ben-baqar lekhattat vehevi'u oto lifne ohel mo'ed

when the sin through which they incurred guilt becomes known, the congregation shall offer a bull of the herd as a purgation offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.

vesamekhu ziqne ha'edah et-yedehem al-rosh happar lifne Adonai veshakhat et-happar lifne Adonai

The elders of the community shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before GOD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before GOD.

vehevi hakkohen hammashiakh middam happar el-ohel mo'ed

The anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the Tent of Meeting,

vetaval hakkohen etsba'o min-haddam vehizzah sheva pe'amim lifne Adonai et pene happarokhet

and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle of it seven times before GOD, in front of the curtain.

umin-haddam yitten al-qarnot hammizbeakh asher lifne Adonai asher be'ohel mo'ed ve'et kol-haddam yishpokh el-yesod mizbakh ha'olah asher-petakh ohel mo'ed

Some of the blood he shall put on the horns of the altar that is before GOD in the Tent of Meeting, and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

ve'et kol-khelbo yarim mimmennu vehiqtir hammizbekhah

He shall remove all its fat and turn it into smoke on the altar.

ve'asah lappar ka'asher asah lefar hakhattat ken ya'aseh-llo vekhipper alehem hakkohen venislakh lahem

He shall do with this bull just as is done with the [priest’s] bull of purgation offering; he shall do the same with it. Thus the priest shall make expiation on behalf of the offerers—who shall then be forgiven.

vehotsi et-happar el-mikhuts lammakhaneh vesaraf oto ka'asher saraf et happar harishon khattat haqqahal hu

He shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the purgation offering of the congregation.

asher nasi yekheta ve'asah akhat mikkol-mitsvot Adonai elohayw asher lo-te'asenah bishgagah ve'ashem

In case it is a chieftain who incurs guilt by doing unwittingly any of the things that by the commandment of the ETERNAL his God ought not to be done, and he realizes his guilt—

o-hoda elayw khattato asher khata bah vehevi et-qorbano se'ir izzim zakhar tamim

or the sin of which he is guilty is made known—he shall bring as his offering a male goat without blemish.

vesamakh yado al-rosh hassa'ir veshakhat oto bimqom asher-yishkhat et-ha'olah lifne Adonai khattat hu

He shall lay his hand upon the goat’s head, and it shall be slaughtered at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered before GOD; it is a purgation offering.

velaqakh hakkohen middam hakhattat be'etsba'o venatan al-qarnot mizbakh ha'olah ve'et-damo yishpokh el-yesod mizbakh ha'olah

The priest shall take with his finger some of the blood of the purgation offering and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

ve'et-kol-khelbo yaqtir hammizbekhah kekhelev zevakh hashelamim vekhipper alayw hakkohen mekhattato venislakh lo

All its fat he shall turn into smoke on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of well-being. Thus for that sin, the priest shall make expiation on behalf of the offerer—who shall then be forgiven.

ve'im-nefesh akhat tekheta vishgagah me'am ha'arets ba'asotah akhat mimmitsvot Adonai asher lo-te'asenah ve'ashem

If anyone from among the populace unwittingly incurs guilt by doing any of the things that by GOD’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes it—

o hoda elayw khattato asher khata vehevi qorbano se'irat izzim temimah neqevah al-khattato asher khata

or the sin of which they are guilty is made known—that person shall bring a female goat without blemish as an offering for the aforementioned sin.

vesamakh et-yado al rosh hakhattat veshakhat et-hakhattat bimqom ha'olah

They shall lay their hand upon the head of the purgation offering. The purgation offering shall be slaughtered at the place of the burnt offering.

velaqakh hakkohen middamah be'etsba'o venatan al-qarnot mizbakh ha'olah ve'et-kol-damah yishpokh el-yesod hammizbeakh

The priest shall take with his finger some of its blood and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

ve'et-kol-khelbah yasir ka'asher husar khelev me'al zevakh hashelamim vehiqtir hakkohen hammizbekhah lereakh nikhoakh la-Adonai vekhipper alayw hakkohen venislakh lo

The offerer shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the sacrifice of well-being; and the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, for a pleasing odor to GOD. Thus the priest shall make expiation on behalf of the offerer—who shall then be forgiven.

ve'im-keves yavi qorbano lekhattat neqevah temimah yevi'ennah

If the offering they bring as a purgation offering is a sheep, it shall be a female without blemish.

vesamakh et-yado al rosh hakhattat veshakhat otah lekhattat bimqom asher yishkhat et-ha'olah

The offerer shall lay their hand upon the head of the purgation offering, and it shall be slaughtered as a purgation offering at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

velaqakh hakkohen middam hakhattat be'etsba'o venatan al-qarnot mizbakh ha'olah ve'et-kol-damah yishpokh el-yesod hammizbeakh

The priest shall take with his finger some of the blood of the purgation offering and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

ve'et-kol-khelbah yasir ka'asher yusar khelev-hakkesev mizzevakh hashelamim vehiqtir hakkohen otam hammizbekhah al ishe Adonai vekhipper alayw hakkohen al-khattato asher-khata venislakh lo

And all its fat the offerer shall remove, just as the fat of the sheep of the sacrifice of well-being is removed; and this the priest shall turn into smoke on the altar, over GOD’s offering by fire. Thus for the sin that was committed, the priest shall make expiation on behalf of the offerer—who shall then be forgiven.