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Leviticus 4:3

If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

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ASV

if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering.

KJV

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִ֣ם'imifH518 →
הַכֹּהֵ֧ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַha.ma.Shi.ach<the> anointedH4899 →
יֶחֱטָ֖אye.che.Ta'he will sinH2398 →
לְאַשְׁמַ֣תle.'ash.Matto [the] guilt ofH819 →
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וְהִקְרִ֡יבve.hik.Rivand he will presentH7126 →
עַ֣ל'alonH5921 →
חַטָּאתוֹ֩cha.ta.Tosin hisH2403 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
חָטָ֜אcha.Ta'he sinnedH2398 →
פַּ֣רpara bullH6499 →
בֶּן־ben-a young one ofH1121 →
בָּקָ֥רba.Kar[the] herdH1241 →
תָּמִ֛יםta.MimunblemishedH8549 →
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
לְחַטָּֽאת׃le.cha.Tatto a sin offeringH2403 →

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Leviticus 16:3This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.Hebrews 7:27–28Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.Leviticus 9:2He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.Leviticus 4:14when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.Leviticus 9:7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”Exodus 29:1“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,Ezra 8:35Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.Hebrews 5:3That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.Leviticus 4:28When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.Numbers 35:25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,Ezekiel 43:19You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.Exodus 29:7Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.Leviticus 8:12He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.Exodus 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.Exodus 29:21And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.Leviticus 21:10–12The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

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About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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