Leviticus 4 · Verse 28

Leviticus 4:28

Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
Leviticus 4:28, King James Version

Leviticus 4:28 in other translations

BSBWhen he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
WEBif his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has sinned.
ASVif his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
YLTor his sin which he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a perfect one, a female, for his sin which he hath sinned,
DARBYif his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge, then he shall bring his offering, a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
BBEWhen the sin which he has done is made clear to him, then he is to give for his offering a goat, a female without any mark, for the sin which he has done.
WebsterOr if his sin which he hath sinned shall come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

What does Leviticus 4:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:27-34

27-34. if any one of the common people sin through ignorance--In this case the expiatory offering appointed was a female kid, or a ewe-lamb without blemish; and the ceremonies were exactly the same as those observed in the case of the offending ruler [Le 4:22-26]. In these two latter instances, the blood of the sin offering was applied to the altar of burnt offering--the place where bloody sacrifices were appointed…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 4:27-35

Here is the law of the sin-offering for a common person. To be able to plead, when charged with sin, that we did it ignorantly, and through the surprise of temptation, will not bring us off, if we have no interest in that great plea, Christ hath died. The sins of ignorance committed by a common person, needed a sacrifice; the greatest are not above, the meanest are not below Divine justice. None, if offenders, were…

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Leviticus 4:28 in the original Hebrew

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א֚וֹ'oorH176
הוֹדַ֣עho.Da'it has been made knownH3045
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lavto himH413
חַטָּאת֖וֹcha.ta.Tosin hisH2403
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
חָטָ֑אcha.Ta'he has sinnedH2398
וְהֵבִ֨יאve.he.Vi'and he will bringH935
קָרְבָּנ֜וֹka.re.ba.Nopresent hisH7133
שְׂעִירַ֤תse.'i.Rata female goat ofH8166
עִזִּים֙'i.ZimgoatsH5795
תְּמִימָ֣הte.mi.MahunblemishedH8549
נְקֵבָ֔הne.ke.Vaha femaleH5347
עַל\־'al-onH5921
חַטָּאת֖וֹcha.ta.Tosin hisH2403
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
חָטָֽא\׃cha.Ta'he has sinnedH2398

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Cross references for Leviticus 4:28

  • Leviticus 4:23

    Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

  • Leviticus 4:3

    If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.

  • Leviticus 4:32

    And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

  • Isaiah 7:14

    Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

  • Leviticus 4:14

    When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Jeremiah 31:22

    How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

  • Galatians 4:4-5

    But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

  • Leviticus 5:6

    And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  • Romans 8:3

    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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a kid.
23,32; 5:6; Ge 3:15; Isa 7:14; Jer 31:22; Ro 8:3; Ga 4:4,5
a female.
23; Ga 3:28

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Context

  • Leviticus 4:27

    And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

  • Leviticus 4:28

    Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

  • Leviticus 4:29

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

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Leviticus 4:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Luego que le fuere conocido su pecado que cometió, traerá por su ofrenda una hembra de las cabras, una cabra sin defecto, por su pecado que habrá cometido:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
si on lui a fait connaître son péché qu’il a commis, alors il amènera son offrande, une chèvre, une femelle sans défaut, pour son péché qu’il a commis;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und seine Sünde wird ihm kundgetan, die er begangen hat, so soll er seine Opfergabe bringen, eine Ziege ohne Fehl, ein Weiblein, für seine Sünde, die er begangen hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et cognoverit peccatum suum, offeret capram immaculatam.