He shall sprinkle: see 4.6, 17.

The rest of the blood shall be drained out: some languages will require an active formulation of this passive idea with the agent being specified. In this case the agent is the priest. In some languages this will be rendered “the priest must drain out the blood….” Compare 1.15.

The base of the altar: see 4.7.

Sin offering: in some languages it may be necessary to make explicit the fact that the sin referred to here is unintentional.

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 .