Leviticus 4:20

and he shall do also of this calf, as he did before of the tother, (or and so he shall do with this calf, as he did before with the other one); and when the priest shall pray for them, the Lord shall be merciful.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

In Context

19And he shall take all the fatness thereof, and shall burn it on the altar;

21Forsooth he shall bear out [of the tents] that calf, and he shall burn it, as he did also the former calf, for it is for the sin of the multitude. (And he shall carry that calf out away from the tents, and he shall burn it, as he burned the other calf, for it is a sin offering for the multitude.)

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Cross References

Exodus 32:30Soothly when the tother day was made, Moses spake to the people, (and said), Ye have sinned the most sin (or Ye have sinned this very great sin); I shall go up to the Lord, if in any manner I shall be able to beseech him for your felony.

Leviticus 4:26Soothly the priest shall burn the inner fatness above the altar, as it is wont to be done in the sacrifice of peaceable things, (or And the priest shall burn the inner fat on the altar, as it is done for the peace offering), and the priest shall pray for him, and for his sin, and it shall be forgiven to him.

Leviticus 5:10Soothly he shall burn the tother bird into burnt sacrifice, as it is wont to be done; and the priest shall pray for him, and for his sin, and it shall be forgiven to him. (And he shall burn the other bird for a burnt sacrifice, as it is wont to be done; and the priest shall pray for him, and for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.)

Leviticus 5:16And he shall restore that harm that he did, and he shall put the fifth part thereof above (or and he shall add a fifth part to it), and he shall give it to the priest, which priest shall pray for him, and (shall) offer the ram, and it shall be forgiven to him.

Leviticus 6:7and the priest shall pray for him before the Lord, and it shall be forgiven to him, for all (the) things (in) which he sinned in doing.

Leviticus 14:18and (then pour the rest of the oil) on (to) his head.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:14-22

13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the… Read the whole commentary →

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