Holy Scripture

Leviticus 4:3

A church father on this verse
“And before the time of the prophets, when he wanted to show that sins received a much heavier penalty when they were committed by the priests than when they were committed by ordinary people, he commanded as great a sacrifice to be offered for the priests as for all the people. This explicitly proves that the priest's…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — On the Priesthood 6.16

Source: Septuagint

Original

3if the anointed priest sin so as to cause the people to sin, then shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned, an unblemished calf of the herd to the Lord for his sin.

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In context

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them;

— Leviticus 4:3 —

4And he shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord, and he shall put his hand on the head of the calf before the Lord, and shall slay the calf in the presence of the Lord.

5And the anointed priest who has been consecrated having received of the blood of the calf, shall then bring it into the tabernacle of witness.

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