Leviticus 4:22 introduces a new section. This section deals with the sin offering to be presented by a tribal leader (nāśî). The root meaning of the word is lifted up.
Literally it refers to someone who was raised over the people. It was a term that was used within the tribal organisation of early Israel. The Hebrew title occurs over one hundred times in the Old Testament. It refers to a tribal leader (Numbers 7:2), a chief political authority (Genesis 34:2), a mighty prince (Genesis 23:6), and even a king (1 Kings 11:34).
22 “When a leader sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the LORD his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,