Leviticus 4:3

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Summary

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

A young bullock

For a sin

General references

Leviticus 8:12

Bible References

A young bullock

and the sin which they have sinned be afterward known, then shall they offer an ox for a sin offering and shall bring him before the tabernacle of witness,

and said unto Aaron, "Take a calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering: both without blemish, and bring them before the LORD."

"And Aaron shall offer the ox for his sin offering and make an atonement for him and for his house.

To the priests, to the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, and tread before me to do me service, sayeth the LORD God: Unto these give thou a young bullock, for a sin offering;

For a sin

and shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned. A female from the flock, whether it be an ewe or a she goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin.

But the flesh of the ox and his skin and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire, without the host. For it is a sin offering.

And Aaron shall reconcile his horns once in a year, with the blood of the sin offering of reconciling: even once in the year shall he reconcile it through your generations. And so is it most holy unto the LORD."

And let them take a bullock and his meat offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and another bullock shalt thou take to be a sin offering.

And the children of the captivity, which were come out of prison, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel: twelve bullocks for all Israel, six and ninety rams, seven and seventy lambs, twelve goats for a sin offering, all to the burnt offering of the LORD.

For what the law could not do, inasmuch as it was weak because of the flesh - that performed God, and sent his son in the similitude of sinful flesh, and by sin damned sin in the flesh;

for he hath made him to be sin for us, which knew no sin, that we by his means should be that righteousness which before God is allowed.

For the which infirmities sake, he is bound to offer for sins, as well for his own part, as for the peoples.

Which needeth not daily - as yonder high priests - to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's sins. For that did he at once for all, when he offered up himself:

General references

And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him to sanctify him.