Leviticus 4 · Verse 32

Leviticus 4:32

And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
Leviticus 4:32, King James Version

Leviticus 4:32 in other translations

BSBIf, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
WEB“‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.
ASVAnd if he bring a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
YLT‘And if he bring in a sheep for his offering, for a sin-offering, a female, a perfect one, he doth bring in,
DARBYAnd if he bring a sheep for his offering for sin, a female without blemish shall he bring it.
BBEAnd if he gives a lamb as his sin-offering, let it be a female without any mark;
WebsterAnd if he shall bring a lamb for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

What does Leviticus 4:32 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 4:32 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.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
כֶּ֛בֶשׂKe.vesa male lambH3532
יָבִ֥יאya.Vi'he will bringH935
קָרְבָּנ֖וֹka.re.ba.Nopresent hisH7133
לְחַטָּ֑אתle.cha.Tatto a sin offeringH2403
נְקֵבָ֥הne.ke.Vaha femaleH5347
תְמִימָ֖הte.mi.MahunblemishedH8549
יְבִיאֶֽנָּה\׃ye.vi.'E.nahhe will bring itH935

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Cross references for Leviticus 4:32

  • 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.

  • 1 Peter 2:22

    Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  • John 1:29

    The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  • 1 Peter 2:24

    Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • John 1:36

    And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

  • Hebrews 7:26

    For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  • Isaiah 53:7

    He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

  • Revelation 5:6

    And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

  • 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?

  • Ephesians 5:27

    That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a lamb.
28; 3:6,7; 5:6; Ex 12:3,5; Isa 53:7; Lu 1:35; Joh 1:29,36; Heb 7:26
1Pe 1:18-20; 2:22,24; 3:18; Re 5:6,8,9
without blemish.
28; Eph 5:27; Heb 9:14; 1Pe 2:22; 3:18

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Context

  • Leviticus 4:31

    And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Leviticus 4:32

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

  • Leviticus 4:33

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

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Leviticus 4:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si trajere cordero para su ofrenda por el pecado, hembra sin defecto traerá:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et s’il amène un agneau pour son offrande de sacrifice pour le péché, ce sera une femelle sans défaut qu’il amènera;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn er ein Schaf bringt als seine Opfergabe zum Sündopfer, so soll es ein Weiblein ohne Fehl sein, das er bringt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sin autem de pecoribus obtulerit victimam pro peccato, ovem scilicet immaculatam: