13. “ ‘If the whole nation of Israel sins accidentally without knowing it and does something the Lord has commanded not to be done, they are guilty.
14. When they learn about the sin they have done, they must offer a young bull as a sin offering and bring it before the Meeting Tent.
15. The elders of the group of people must put their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord, and it must be killed before the Lord.
16. Then the appointed priest must bring some of the bull’s blood into the Meeting Tent.
17. Dipping his finger in the blood, he must sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the curtain.
18. Then he must put some of the blood on the corners of the altar that is before the Lord in the Meeting Tent. The priest must pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.
19. He must remove all the fat from the animal and burn it on the altar;
20. he will do the same thing with this bull that he did with the first bull of the sin offering. In this way the priest removes the sins of the people so they will belong to the Lord and be forgiven.