Leviticus 4 · Verse 20

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.
Leviticus 4:20, King James Version

Leviticus 4:20 in other translations

BSBHe shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
WEBHe shall do this with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so he shall do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
ASVThus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
YLT‘And he hath done to the bullock as he hath done to the bullock of the sin-offering, so he doth to it; and the priest hath made atonement for them, and it hath been forgiven them;
DARBYAnd he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock of sin-offering: so shall he do with it. And the priest shall make atonement for them; and it shall be forgiven them.
BBELet him do with the ox as he did with the ox of the sin-offering; and the priest will take away their sin and they will have forgiveness.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Leviticus 4:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:13-21

13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and being the principal…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 4:13-21

If the leaders of the people, through mistake, caused them to err, an offering must be brought, that wrath might not come upon the whole congregation. When sacrifices were offered, the persons, on whose behalf they were devoted, were to lay their hands on the heads of the victims, and to confess their sins. The elders were to do so, when the sacrifices were offered for the whole congregation. The load of sin was…

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Leviticus 4:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָשָׂ֣הve.'a.Sahand he will doH6213
לַפָּ֔רla.Parto the bullH6499
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
עָשָׂה֙'a.Sahhe didH6213
לְפַ֣רle.Farto [the] bull ofH6499
הַֽחַטָּ֔אתha.cha.Tatthe sin offeringH2403
כֵּ֖ןkensoH3651
יַעֲשֶׂה\־ya.'a.seh-he will doH6213
לּ֑וֹloto <the> it
וְכִפֶּ֧רve.khi.Perand he will make atonementH3722
עֲלֵהֶ֛ם'a.le.Hemon themH5921
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְנִסְלַ֥חve.nis.Lachand it will be forgivenH5545
לָהֶֽם\׃la.Hemto <the> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 4:20

  • Numbers 15:25

    And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:

  • Leviticus 12:8

    And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

  • Hebrews 10:10-12

    By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

  • Leviticus 4:26

    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.

  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Exodus 32:30

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Revelation 1:5

    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

  • Romans 5:11

    And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

  • Leviticus 6:7

    And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

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an atonement.
26; 1:4; 5:6; 6:7; 12:8; 14:18; Ex 32:30; Nu 15:25; Da 9:24; Ro 5:11
Ga 3:13; Heb 1:3; 2:17; 9:14; 10:10-12; 1Jo 1:7; 2:2; Re 1:5

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Context

  • Leviticus 4:19

    And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 4:21

    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.

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Leviticus 4:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y hará de aquel becerro como hizo con el becerro de la expiación; lo mismo hará de él: así hará el sacerdote expiación por ellos, y obtendrán perdón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
il fera du taureau comme il a fait du taureau pour le péché; il fera ainsi de lui. Et le sacrificateur fera propitiation pour eux, et il leur sera pardonné.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er soll mit dem Farren tun, wie er mit dem Farren des Sündopfers getan hat; also soll er damit tun. Und so tue der Priester Sühnung für sie, und es wird ihnen vergeben werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sic faciens et de hoc vitulo quomodo fecit et prius: et rogante pro eis sacerdote, propitius erit eis Dominus.