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.