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Leviticus 4:18-32 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

18. And he shall place some of the same blood on the horns of the altar, which is in the presence of the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony. But the remainder of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of holocaust, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

19. And he shall take all its fat and burn it upon the altar,

20. doing so with this calf in the same manner as he did before. And while the priest is praying for them, the Lord will forgive them.

21. But the calf itself he shall carry away, beyond the camp, and he shall also burn it, just as with the previous calf, because it is for the sin of the multitude.

22. If a leader will have sinned, and through ignorance will have done one of the many things which the law of the Lord prohibits,

23. and afterwards he shall understand his sin: he shall offer an immaculate he-goat from among the goats, as a sacrifice to the Lord.

24. And he shall place his hand upon its head. And when he will have immolated it, in the place where the holocaust is usually slain, in the sight of the Lord, because it is for sin,

25. the priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the victim for sin, touching the horns of the altar of holocaust, and pouring out the remainder at its base.

26. Yet truly, the fat he shall burn upon it, just as is usually done with the victims of peace offerings. And the priest shall pray for him and for his sin, and he shall be released from it.

27. But if a soul from the people of the land will have sinned through ignorance, so as to have done any of those things that the law of the Lord prohibits, and so commit a transgression,

28. and he shall realize his sin: he shall offer an immaculate she-goat.

29. And he shall place his hand upon the head of the victim which is for sin. And he shall immolate it in the place of the holocaust.

30. And the priest shall take some of the blood with his finger, and touching the horns of the altar of holocaust, he shall pour out the remainder at its base.

31. But taking away all the fat, just as it is usually taken away from the victims of peace offerings, he shall burn it upon the altar as a sweet odor to the Lord. And he shall pray for him, and he shall be released from it.

32. But if instead he will offer from the flock a victim for his sin, specifically, an immaculate female sheep:

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