KJV 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:
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Leviticus 4:23
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
WEB World English Bible
if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
ASV American Standard Version
if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a male without blemish.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
or his sin wherein he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a male, a perfect one,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 4
20 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.
21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it [is] a sin offering for the congregation.
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 sin offering with his finger, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֽוֹ־H176 · oorהוֹדַ֤עH3045 · ya.dato knowאֵלָיו֙H413 · elto(wards)חַטָּאת֔וֹH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichחָטָ֖אH2398 · cha.tato sinבָּ֑הּH9034 · haherוְהֵבִ֧יאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קָרְבָּנ֛וֹH7133 · qor.banofferingשְׂעִ֥ירH8163 · sa.irhairyעִזִּ֖יםH5795 · ezgoatזָכָ֥רH2145 · za.kharmaleתָּמִֽים׃H8549 · ta.mimunblemished
Cross-references
Leviticus 4:14When 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.Leviticus 5:4Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these.Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:Numbers 29:16And one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.Numbers 29:19And one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.Leviticus 23:19Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.Numbers 7:16One kid of the goats for a sin offering:Numbers 29:11One kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.Numbers 15:24Then it shall be, if [ought] be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.Numbers 29:5And one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:Numbers 28:15And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.Numbers 7:28One kid of the goats for a sin offering:Numbers 7:22One kid of the goats for a sin offering:2 Kings 22:10-13And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.Leviticus 4:3If 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.Numbers 28:30[And] one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.Numbers 7:34One kid of the goats for a sin offering:Leviticus 9:3And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, [both] of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
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