Leviticus 4:22
Good News Translation
If it is a ruler who sins and becomes guilty of breaking one of the LORD's commands without intending to,

New Revised Standard Version
When a ruler sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by commandments of the LORD his God ought not to be done and incurs guilt,

Contemporary English Version
Any tribal leader who disobeys me without knowing it is still guilty.

New American Bible
Should a tribal leader do wrong inadvertently by violating any one of the prohibitions of the LORD his God, and thus be guilty,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,

a ruler hath sinned.

Numbers 1:4,16 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds, . . .

Numbers 7:2 The princes of Israel and the heads of the families, in every tribe, who were the rulers of them who had been numbered, offered

But the Rabbins generally understand it of the prince of the great sanhedrin, who, when they were under the regal form of government, was the king. A {kid of the goats} was the sacrifice in this case; and the rites were nearly the same as in the preceding, only the {fat} was burnt as that of the {peace offering}.

Exodus 18:21 And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

Numbers 16:2 Rose up against Moses, and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by name.

2 Samuel 21:1-3 And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slow the Gabaonites. . . .

2 Samuel 24:10-17 But David's heart struck him, after the people were numbered: and David said to the Lord: I have sinned very much in what I have done: but I pray thee, O Lord, to take away the iniquity of thy servant, because I have done exceeding foolishly. . . .

and done

Leviticus 4:2,13 Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done: . . .

Context
Laws for Sin Offerings
21But the calf itself he shall carry forth without the camp, and shall burn it as he did the former calf: because it is for the sin of the multitude. 22If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,23And afterwards shall come to know his sin: he shall offer a buck goat without blemish, a sacrifice to the Lord.…
Cross References
Leviticus 4:2
Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done:

Leviticus 4:27
And if any one of the people of the land shall sin through ignorance, doing any of those things that by the law of the Lord are forbidden, and offending,

Numbers 15:24
And the multitude have forgotten to do it: they shall offer a calf out of the herd, a holocaust for a most sweet savour to the Lord, and the sacrifice and libations thereof, as the ceremonies require, and a buck goat for sin:

Numbers 31:13
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.

Numbers 32:2
They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the multitude, and said:

Numbers 35:11
Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.

Ecclesiastes 5:6
Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.

Leviticus 4:21
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