19
He will remove all the fat and burn it on the Altar.
20
He will follow the same procedure with this bull as with the bull for the Absolution-Offering. The priest makes atonement for them and they are forgiven.
21
They then will take the bull outside the camp and burn it just as they burned the first bull. It's the Absolution-Offering for the congregation.
22
"When a ruler sins unintentionally by straying from one of the commands of his God which must not be broken, he is guilty.
23
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring a goat for his offering, a male without any defect,
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