When the sin … is made known: see verse 14.

A goat, a female: compare verse 23 above.

Without blemish: see 1.3 and 22.17-25.

In this verse, as in verse 23, some translations have made explicit the fact that the offering is made “to obtain forgiveness from God.” At the same time it may be advisable to leave implicit the expression which he has committed, which is repeated twice in the more literal versions.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .