Leviticus 4 in the early church
58 passages quote, allude to, or echo Leviticus 4, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 2 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 16 · 20 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 27 · 28 · 29
Leviticus 4:2
“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:2 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 397 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 4:2 | On Prayer 28.9 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Lev 4:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:2 | Commentary on Romans 2.13 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Lev 4:2 | On Nature and Grace 19 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | 415 |
Leviticus 4:3
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 1.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:3 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Lev 4:3 | Sermon 155.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Lev 4:3 | Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 41 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 421–423 |
Leviticus 4:5
Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:5 | Church History 1.3.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Lev 4:5 | Prophetic Extracts 1.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Lev 4:5 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.58 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, low confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Lev 4:5 | Catechetical Lecture 10.11 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 4:5 | Catechetical Lecture 16.12 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, low confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 4:5 | Catechetical Lecture 21.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 4:5 | Tractates on the Psalms 132.4 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–367 |
Leviticus 4:6
The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:6 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:6 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:7
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:7 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:7 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:8
Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:9
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:11
But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:11 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:11 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:12
all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:12 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:12 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:13
Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:13 | Homilies on Leviticus 1.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:13 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:13 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
Leviticus 4:14
when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:14 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Lev 4:14 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 42.12.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, medium confidence | 374-377 |
Leviticus 4:16
Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:16 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
Leviticus 4:20
He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:20 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
Leviticus 4:22
When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:22 | Homilies on Leviticus 1.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:22 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:22 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
Leviticus 4:23
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:23 | Homilies on Exodus 13.5 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:23 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:23 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.5 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:24
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:24 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:21 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, low confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Lev 4:24 | Question 78, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Lev 4:24 | Letter 140.73 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Lev 4:24 | Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.16 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 420–421 |
Leviticus 4:27
And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:27 | Homilies on Leviticus 1.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:27 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:27 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:27 | Homilies on Numbers 10.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:27 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Lev 4:27–30 | Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.27 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Lev 4:27 | Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.29 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
Leviticus 4:28
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:28 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 4:28 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 4:29
He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 4:29 | Sermon 134.5 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Lev 4:29 | Sermon 152.11 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Lev 4:29 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 41.6 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |