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Leviticus 4:20-22
New English Translation
Leviticus 4:20-22
New English Translation
20 He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it.[a] So the priest will make atonement[b] on their behalf and they will be forgiven.[c] 21 He[d] must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp[e] and burn it just as he burned the first bull—it is the sin offering of the assembly.
For the Leader
22 “‘Whenever[f] a leader, by straying unintentionally,[g] sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated,[h] and he pleads guilty,
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- Leviticus 4:20 sn Cf. Lev 4:11-12 above for the disposition of “the [rest of] the bull.”
- Leviticus 4:20 sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).
- Leviticus 4:20 tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to them” or “it shall be forgiven to them.”
- Leviticus 4:21 sn See the note on the word “slaughter” in v. 15.
- Leviticus 4:21 tn Heb “And he shall bring out the bull to from outside to the camp.”
- Leviticus 4:22 tn This section begins with the relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher) which usually means “who” or “which,” but here means “whenever.”
- Leviticus 4:22 tn See the Lev 4:2 note on “straying.”
- Leviticus 4:22 tn Heb “and does one from all the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be done”; cf. NRSV “ought not to be done”; NIV “does what is forbidden in any of the commands.”
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