1. Then the lord said to Moses,
2. “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the lord’s commands.
3. “If the high priest sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the lord a young bull with no defects.
4. He must bring the bull to the lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the lord.
5. The high priest will then take some of the bull’s blood into the Tabernacle,
6. dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the lord in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.
7. The priest will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the lord’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
8. Then the priest must remove all the fat of the bull to be offered as a sin offering. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,