Leviticus Chapter 4

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Leviticus chapter four. The Eternal One then spoke to Moses. Moses,
go talk with the Israelites and tell them that if
some one unwittingly commits a sin that violates any of
the directives I have given, this is what you should do.
If the person anointed as priest commits a sin, he
brings guilt on the people, and they suffer the consequences.
So the priest must offer the most valuable animal, an

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unblemished young bull, to me as a purification offering for sin.
He must bring the bull to the entrance of the
congregation tent, place his hand on the bull's head, and
slaughter it in my presence. The anointed priest must then
carry some of the bull's blood inside the congregation tent.
While in the tent, he is to dip his finger
into the blood and sprinkle it seven times before me

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in front of the veil of the sanctuary. He must
then approach the altar of fragrant incense and place some
of the blood on its horns before me. He must
then pour the rest of the bull's blood at the
base of the altar of burnt offering, located near the
entrance of the congregation tent. The priest must remove all
of the fat from the bull being offered as a
purification offering for sin, the fat covering and the surrounding organs,

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the two kidneys and the fat on them near the loins,
and the lobe of the liver, which must be removed
with the kidneys. He should remove these portions in the
same manner that they are removed from the ox sacrificed
as a peace offering. The priest should then offer them
on the altar of burnt offering. As for the bull's
skin and the rest of its meat, head, legs, intestines,

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and excrement, basically the rest of the bull's body, the
priest must move it to a richly clean space where
ashes are dumped outside the community, and he must burn
it there on the wood fire. It must be burned
in the place where the ashes are dumped. If the
entire community of Israel unintentionally commits a sin, and for
a time at least the sin goes unnoticed by the community,

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and they have violated any one of the directives I
gave them and they are guilty, then later when the
sin is realized, the community must offer a young bull
as a purification offering for sin. They must bring the
bull to the entrance of the congregation tent. The community
elders are to place their hands on the bull's head
and then slaughter the bull in my presence. The one

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anointed as High Priest must then carry some of the
bull's blood into the congregation tent, where he is to
dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it seven
times in my presence in front of the veil of
the sanctuary. The priest must also approach the altar, which
is before me in the congregation tent, and place some
of the blood on its horns. He is to pour
the rest of the blood at the base of the

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altar of burnt offering, located at the entrance to the
congregation tent. The priest must remove all the bulls fat
and offer it up in smoke on the altar. He
is to do the same thing with this bull that
he did with the bull of the purification offering for sin.
This is how the priest will cover the sin of
the community of Israel, and the entire community will be forgiven.

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Then the priest must carry the rest of the bull's
body outside the camp and burn it in the same
manner or that he burned the first purification offering bull.
This is the purification offering for sin when the entire
community is involved. The following are instructions for what to
do when a leader unwittingly commits a sin by violating
any of my directives. When he realizes his guilt or

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the sin he committed is brought to his attention, then
he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
He is to place his hand on the head of
the goat and slaughter it in the same spot where
the burnt offerings are slaughtered in my presence. The goat
is to be presented as a purification offering for sin.
The officiating priest must dip his finger into the blood

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of the sin offering, put it on the horns of
the altar of burnt offering, and then pour the rest
of the blood at the base of the altar. The
priest is to offer up all of its fat as
smoke in the same way that the fat of the
peace offering is offered up. This is how the priest
will cover the leader's sin, and the leader will be forgiven.
If a common person among you unwittingly commits a sin

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by violating any of my directors wives. Once he realizes
his guilt or the sin he committed is brought to
his attention, then he should offer an unblemished female goat
for his wrong. He must place his hand on the
head of the purification offering for sin and slaughter it
in the same spot where the burnt offerings are slaughtered.
The priest will then dip his finger in some of
its blood, put it on the horns of the altar

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a burnt offering, and then pour the rest of the
blood at the base of the altar. The priest is
to then remove its fat in the same manner that
the fat is removed from the peace offerings. The priest
must offer up the fat on the altar, and the
smoke of the sacrifice will rise and be a pleasant
aroma to me. This is how the priest will cover
the sins of common people and how they will be forgiven.

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If a person presents a lamb for the purification offering
for sin, then he must bring an unblemished female. He
is to place his hand on the lamb's head and
slaughter it as a purification offering for sin in the
same spot where the burnt offerings are slaughtered. The priest
must then dip his finger into the blood of the
pures vacation offering for sin, put it on the horns

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of the altar a burnt offering, and then pour the
rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
The priest is to remove all of its fat in
the same manner that the fat is removed from the
sacrifices of the peace offerings, and the priest will offer
it up on the altar on top of the fire offering.
To me, this is how the priest will make atonement
for the sin this person committed, and this is how

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he will be forgiven