Leviticus 4:23

4:23 or his sin that he committed ¹  is made known to him, ²  he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering. ³ 

Leviticus 4:28

4:28 or his sin that he committed ⁴  is made known to him, ⁵  he must bring a flawless female goat ⁶  as his offering for the sin ⁷  that he committed.

Leviticus 5:8

5:8 He must bring them to the priest and present first the one that is for a sin offering. The priest ⁸  must pinch ⁹  its head at the nape of its neck, but must not sever the head from the body. ¹⁰ 

Leviticus 14:23

14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance ¹¹  of the Meeting Tent before the Lord,

Leviticus 16:12

16:12 and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord ¹²  and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, ¹³  and bring them inside the veil-canopy. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “or his sin which he sinned in it is made known to him”; NAB “if he learns of the sin he committed.”

² tn Lev 4:22b-23a is difficult. The present translation suggests that there are two possible legal situations envisioned, separated by the Hebrew אוֹ (’o, “or”) at the beginning of v. 23. Lev 4:22b refers to any case in which the leader readily admits his guilt (i.e., “pleads guilty”), whereas v. 23a refers to cases where the leader is convicted of his guilt by legal action (“his sin…is made known to him”). See R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:95-96; Lev 4:27-28; and esp. the notes on Lev 5:1 below.

³ tn Heb “a he-goat of goats, a male without defect”; cf. NLT “with no physical defects.”

⁴ tn Heb “or his sin which he sinned is made known to him”; cf. NCV “when that person learns about his sin.”

⁵ tn Lev 4:27b-28a is essentially the same as 4:22b-23a (see the notes there).

⁶ tn Heb “a she-goat of goats, a female without defect”; NAB “an unblemished she-goat.”

⁷ tn Heb “on his sin.”

⁷ tn Heb “he.” The subject (“he”) refers to the priest here, not the offerer who presented the birds to the priest (cf. v. 8a).

⁸ sn The action seems to involve both a twisting action, breaking the neck of the bird and severing its vertebrae, as well as pinching or nipping the skin, but in this case not severing the head from the main body (note the rest of this verse).

⁹ tn Heb “he shall not divide [it]” (see J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:305).

¹⁰ tn Heb “to the doorway of”; KJV, ASV “unto the door of.”

¹³ tn Heb “and he shall take the fullness of the censer, coals of fire, from on the altar from to the faces of the Lord.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and the fullness of the hollow of his two hands, finely ground fragrant incense.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and he shall bring from house to the veil-canopy.”