4:27 “‘If an ordinary individual 1 sins by straying unintentionally 2 when he violates one of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, 3 and he pleads guilty 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.
1 tn Heb “an individual from the people of the land”; cf. NASB “anyone of the common people” (KJV, ASV both similar); NAB “a private person.”
2 tn Heb “If one person sins by straying, from the people of the land.” See Lev 4:2 for a note on “straying.”
3 tn Heb “by doing it, one from the commandments of the
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.”