4. The priest will lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, lay his hand on its head, and kill it there.
5. He will take a bowl of the blood inside the tent,
6. dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times towards the sacred chest behind the curtain.
7. Then, in my presence, he will 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.
8-10. The priest will remove the fat from the bull, just as he does when he sacrifices a bull to ask my blessing. This includes the fat on the insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. He will then send it all up in smoke.
11-12. The skin and flesh of the bull, together with its legs, insides, and the food still in its stomach, are to be taken outside the camp and burnt on a wood fire near the ash heap.
13. When the nation of Israel disobeys me without meaning to, the whole nation is still guilty.
14. Once you realize what has happened, you must sacrifice a young bull to ask my forgiveness. Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent,
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.