Leviticus 4:22

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20 And he shall do ^awith the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. ^bSo the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

21 Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the assembly.

22 ‘When a¹ ruler has sinned, and ^adone something unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord his God in anything which should not be done, and is guilty,

23 or ^aif his sin which he has committed¹ comes to his knowledge, he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.

24 And ^ahe shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord. It is a sin offering.

25 ^aThe priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Leviticus 4:22

When a ruler hath sinned - Under the term nasi , it is probable that any person is meant who held any kind of political dignity among the people, though the rabbins generally understand it of the king.

A kid of the goats was the sacrifice in this case, the rites nearly the same as in the preceding cases, only the fat was burnt as that of the peace-offering. See Leviticus 4:26 and Leviticus 3:5.

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