Leviticus 4 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying,	And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,	The LORD said to Moses,
2	Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, When a soul shall sin in error from all the commands of Jehovah which shall not be done, and doing from after any of them:	“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the LORD’s commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them,	“Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands—
3	If the priest being anointed shall sin according to the guilt of the people; and he brought for his sin which he sinned, a bullock, the son of a cow, blameless to Jehovah for the sin.	if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the LORD for a sin offering.	“’If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
4	And he brought the bullock to the door of the tent of appointment, before Jehovah; and he placed his hand upon the head of the bullock, and slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah.	He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the LORD.	He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the LORD.
5	And the priest being anointed, took the blood of the bullock, and brought it to the tent of appointment.	And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting,	Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and carry it into the tent of meeting.
6	And the priest dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkled from the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the vail of the holy place.	and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the LORD in front of the veil of the sanctuary.	He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.
7	And the priest gave from the blood upon the horns of the altar of the incense of aromatics before Jehovah, which is in the tent of appointment; and all the blood of the bullock he shall pour out at the foundation of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of appointment.	And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the LORD that is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.	The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
8	And all the fat of the bullock of the sin, he shall lift up from it: the fat covering over the bowels, and all the fat which is upon the bowels.	And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails	He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,
9	And the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins, and the lobe upon the liver, upon the kidneys, he shall take it away,	and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys	both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys—
10	As it shall be lifted up from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace: and the priest burnt them upon the altar of burnt-offering.	(just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.	just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
11	And the skin of the bullock and all its flesh with its head and with its legs, and its bowels and its dung,	But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung—	But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines—
12	And he brought forth all the bullock to from without the camp to a clean place, to the pouring out of the ashes, and burnt it upon the wood in fire: upon the pouring out of the ashes it shall be burnt.	all the rest of the bull—he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.	that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.
13	And if all the assembly of Israel shall err, and the word was hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they did behind from the commands of Jehovah, which shall not be done, and they were guilty,	“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the LORD’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt,	“’If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt
14	And the sin which they sinned against it being known, and the assembly brought a bullock, the son of a cow, for the sin, and they brought it before the tent of appointment.	when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting.	and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting.
15	And the old men of the assembly placed their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah: and slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah.	And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be killed before the LORD.	The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
16	And the priest being anointed brought the blood of the bullock to the tent of appointment.	Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting,	Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting.
17	And the priest dipped his finger from the blood and sprinkled seven times before Jehovah, before the vail.	and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.	He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the LORD seven times in front of the curtain.
18	And from the blood he will give upon the horns of the altar, which is before Jehovah in the tent of appointment, and he shall pour out all the blood at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of appointment.	And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting before the LORD, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.	He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
19	And he shall lift up all the fat from it, and he burnt it upon the altar.	And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar.	He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,
20	And he did to the bullock as he did to the bullock of sin, thus he did to it; and the priest shall expiate for them, and it was forgiven to them.	Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.	and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven.
21	And he brought forth the bullock from without the camp, and he burnt it as he burnt the first bullock: it is the sin of the assembly:	And he shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.	Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.
22	When a chief shall sin, and do one from all the commands of Jehovah his God, which he shall not do in erring, and being guilty,	“When a leader sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the LORD his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,	“’When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the LORD his God, when he realizes his guilt
23	Or his sin being made known to him while he sinned in it; and he brought his offering, a he goat of the goats, a blameless male.	or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish,	and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.
24	And he placed his hand upon the head of the goat, in the place where he shall slaughter the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is sin.	and shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.	He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
25	And the priest took from the blood of the sin with his finger, and gave upon the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and he shall pour out the blood at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering.	Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.	Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
26	And all the fat he shall burn upon the altar as the fat of the sacrifice of peace: and the priest expiated for him from his sin, and it was forgiven to him.	And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.	He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
27	And if one shall sin from the people of the land in erring, in doing one from the commands of Jehovah which shall not be done, and being guilty;	“If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the LORD’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,	“’If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, when they realize their guilt
28	Or his sin being made known to him which he sinned: and he brought a she goat of the goats, a blameless female for his sin which he sinned.	or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.	and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect.
29	And he placed his hand upon the head of the sin, and he slaughtered the sin in the place of the burnt-offering.	And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.	They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
30	And the priest took from its blood with his finger, and gave upon the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering; and all the blood he will pour out at the foundation of the altar.	And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.	Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
31	And all the fat he will take away, as the fat shall be taken away from the sacrifice of peace; and the priest burnt upon the altar, for an odor of sweetness to Jehovah: and the priest shall expiate for him, and it shall be forgiven to him.	And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the LORD. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.	They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.
32	And if he shall bring a lamb his offering for sin, a blameless female shall he bring.	“If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish	“’If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.
33	And he placed his hand upon the head of the sin, and slaughtered it for sin, in the place where he will slaughter the burnt-offering.	and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.	They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
34	And the priest took from the blood of the sin with his finger, and gave upon the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering; and all its blood he will pour out at the foundation of the altar.	Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.	Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
35	And all the fat he shall take away, as the fat of the lamb from the sacrifice of peace shall be taken away; and the priest burnt them upon the altar for sacrifices of Jehovah: and the priest expiated for him for his sin which he sinned, and it was forgiven to him.	And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the LORD’s food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.	They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
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