God gives instructions for the sin offering when someone sins unintentionally: for a priest, for the whole congregation, for a ruler and for an ordinary person.
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel , saying , If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done , and shall do against any of them :
3 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 .
4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD ; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head , and kill the bullock before the LORD .
5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood , and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation :
6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood , and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD , before the vail of the sanctuary .
7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD , which is in the tabernacle of the congregation ; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering , which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation .
8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering ; the fat that covereth the inwards , and all the fat that is upon the inwards ,
9 And the two kidneys , and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks , and the caul above the liver , with the kidneys , it shall he take away ,
10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering .
11 And the skin of the bullock , and all his flesh , with his head , and with his legs , and his inwards , and his dung ,
12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place , where the ashes are poured out , and burn him on the wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt .
13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance , and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly , and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done , and are guilty ;
14 When the sin , which they have sinned against it, is known , then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin , and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation .
15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD : and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD .
16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation :
17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood , and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD , even before the vail .
18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD , that is in the tabernacle of the congregation , and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering , which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation .
19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar .
20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering , so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp , and burn him as he burned the first bullock : it is a sin offering for the congregation .
22 When a ruler hath sinned , and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done , and is guilty ;
23 Or if his sin , wherein he hath sinned , come to his knowledge ; he shall bring his offering , a kid of the goats , a male without blemish :
24 And he shall lay his hand upon 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 .
25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger , and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering , and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering .
26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar , as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin , and it shall be forgiven him.
27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance , while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done , and be guilty ;
28 Or if his sin , which he hath sinned , come to his knowledge : then he shall bring his offering , a kid of the goats , a female without blemish , for his sin which he hath sinned .
29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering , and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering .
30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger , and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering , and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar .
31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings ; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering , he shall bring it a female without blemish .
33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering , and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering .
34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger , and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering , and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar :
35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings ; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar , according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD : and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed , and it shall be forgiven him.