15The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull's head before the Lord , and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord .


In Context

12 that is, all the rest of the bull-he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it in a wood fire on the ash heap.

13 " 'If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord 's commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, they are guilty.

14 When they become aware of the sin they committed, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.

15 The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull's head before the Lord , and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord .

16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting.

17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain.

Leviticus 4:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15and the elders of the assembly shall lay their hands on the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and one shall slaughter the bullock before Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15and the elders of the company have laid their hands on the head of the bullock, before Jehovah, and one hath slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.