Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Leviticus 4:15-29 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

15. where your tribal leaders will lay their hands on its head, before having it killed in my presence.

16. The priest will take a bowl of the animal's blood inside the sacred tent,

17. dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times towards the sacred chest behind the curtain.

18. Then, in my presence, he must smear some of the blood on each of the four corners of the incense altar, before pouring out the rest at the foot of the bronze altar near the entrance to the tent.

19-21. After this, the priest will remove the fat from the bull and send it up in smoke on the altar. Finally, he will burn its remains outside the camp, just as he did with the other bull. By this sacrifice the sin of the whole nation will be forgiven.

22. Any tribal leader who disobeys me without meaning to is still guilty.

23. As soon as the leader realizes what has happened, he must sacrifice a goat that has nothing wrong with it.

24. This is a sacrifice for sin. So he will lay his hand on the animal's head, before having it killed in my presence at the north side of the bronze altar.

25. The priest will dip a finger in the blood, smear some of it on each of the four corners of the altar, and pour out the rest at the foot of the altar.

26. Then he must send all the fat up in smoke, just as he does when a sacrifice is offered to ask my blessing. By this sacrifice the leader's sin will be forgiven.

27. When any of you ordinary people disobey me without meaning to, you are still guilty.

28. As soon as you realize what you have done, you must sacrifice a female goat that has nothing wrong with it.

29. Lead the goat to the north side of the bronze altar and lay your hand on its head, before having it killed.