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Leviticus 4:4-19 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

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.

13. “The whole nation of Israel might sin without knowing it. They might break one of the commands of the Lord and become guilty of doing something he said must not be done.

14. When they learn about that sin, the community of Israel must offer a young bull as a sin offering for the whole nation. They must bring the bull to the Meeting Tent.

15. The elders of the people must put their hands on the bull’s head in front of the Lord. Then they must kill the bull in front of the Lord.

16. The anointed priest must get some of the bull’s blood and take it into the Meeting Tent.

17. He must put his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times in front of the curtain before the Lord.

18. He must put some of the blood on the corners of the altar. (This altar is inside the Meeting Tent, in front of the Lord.) He must then pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. (This altar is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.)

19. Then he must take all the fat from the animal and bring it to the altar.

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