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‘^(l)Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter ^[h]escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the ^[i]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;

^(m)when the sin ^[j]which they have ^[k]committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer ⁽ⁿ⁾a ^[l]bull of the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting.

Then ^(o)the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord , and the bull shall be slain ^(p)before the Lord .

Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting;

and ^(q)the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord , in front of the veil.

He shall put some of the blood on the horns of ^(r)the altar which is before the Lord ^[m]in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

^(s)He shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar.

He shall also do with the bull just as he did with ^(t)the bull of the sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So ^(u)the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.

Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is ^(v)the sin offering for the assembly.