 In the Greek Old Testament, the Hebrew term for "sin" ("ḥatat") is sometimes directly translated as "sin" - either by the Greek feminine noun "hamartia" ("sin" ἁμαρτία), or less commonly by the neuter noun "hamartemata" ("result of sin," "sinful thing" ἁμάρτημα) thereby duplicating the metonymy in the Hebrew text.More often the Greek paraphrases the Hebrew with expressions such as "that which is for sin" ("peri hamartias" περὶ ἁμαρτίας) or "for sins" ("hyper hamartion" ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν) - since the Greek noun "hamartia" does not have the double meaning of the noun "ḥatat" in Hebrew.Chapter 4 of the Book of Leviticus in the Old Testament of Christian biblical canons provides Moses' instructions from God regarding the purification offering and chapter 15 of the Book of Numbers partially repeats them.