Leviticus 4:27-28

For the Common Person

4:27 “‘If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty 4:28 or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless female goat as his offering for the sin that he committed.


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.”

tn Heb “If one person sins by straying, from the people of the land.” See Lev 4:2 for a note on “straying.”

tn Heb “by doing it, one from the commandments of the Lord which must not be done.”

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

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

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

tn Heb “on his sin.”