1. The Lord spoke to Moses and said,
2. “Tell the Israelites this: A person might sin without meaning to and do something that the Lord commanded should not be done. For example:
3. “If the anointed priest makes a mistake that leaves the people guilty for their sin, he must offer a young bull to the Lord as a sin offering. The bull must have nothing wrong with it.
4. The anointed priest must bring the bull to the entrance of the Meeting Tent in front of the Lord. He must put his hand on the bull’s head and kill the bull in front of the Lord.
5. Then the anointed priest must get some of the blood from the bull and take it into the Meeting Tent.
6. He must put his finger in the blood and sprinkle the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the curtain of the Most Holy Place.
7. The priest must put some of the blood on the corners of the incense altar. (This altar is in the Meeting Tent, in front of the Lord.) He must pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. (This altar is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.)
8. Then the priest must take all the fat from the bull of the sin offering. He must take the fat that is on and around the inner parts.
9. He must take the two kidneys and the fat covering them near the lower back muscle. He must also take the fat part of the liver. He must remove it with the kidneys.
10. The priest must lift up these things and burn them on the altar for burnt offerings, just as he does for the fellowship offering.
11-12. But the priest must carry out the bull’s skin, inner parts and body waste, and all the meat, including the head and legs. He must carry those parts outside the camp to the special place where the ashes are poured out. He must put those parts on the wood and burn them there on the ash pile.