Leviticus 4:23

And afterwards shall come to know his sin, he shall offer a buck goat without blemish, a sacrifice to the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

In Context

22If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,

24And he shall put his hand upon the head thereof: and when he hath immolated it in the place where the holocaust is wont to be slain before the Lord, because it is for sin,

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:3If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him:

Leviticus 4:14And afterwards shall understand their sin, they shall offer for their sin a calf, and shall bring it to the door of the tabernacle.

Leviticus 5:4The person that sweareth, and uttereth with his lips, that he would do either evil or good, and bindeth the same with an oath, and his word, and having forgotten it afterwards understandeth his offence,

Leviticus 23:19You shall offer also a buck goat for sin, and two lambs of the first year for sacrifices of peace offerings.

Numbers 7:22An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust:

Numbers 7:34An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old, for a holocaust:

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:23-27

22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord : it is a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the… Read the whole commentary →

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