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More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings

¹ "‘When a person^[a] sins in that^[b] he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, then^[c] he shall bear his guilt. ² Or if a person^[d] touches anything unclean, whether^[e] an unclean wild^[f] animal's dead body or an unclean domestic animal's dead body or an unclean swarmer's dead body, but^[g] he is unaware of it,^[h] he is unclean and he is guilty. ³ Or when he touches human uncleanness, namely^[i] any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, but^[j] he is unaware of it,^[k] and he himself finds out, then^[l] he will be guilty. ⁴ Or when a person^[m] swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard to^[n] anything that the person^[o] in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but^[p] he is unaware of it,^[q] he will be guilty in any of^[r] these. ⁵ When he becomes guilty in any of^[s] these, he shall confess^[t] what he has sinned regarding^[u] it, ⁶ and he shall bring his guilt offering to^[v] Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:^[w] a female from the flock,^[x] a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,^[y] as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for^[z] his sin.

⁷ "‘If^[aa] he cannot afford a sheep,^[ab] he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves^[ac] for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. ⁸ He shall bring^[ad] them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest^[ae] shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,^[af] but^[ag] he must not sever it, ⁹ and he shall spatter some of^[ah] the sin offering's blood on the altar's side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar's base; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰ The second^[ai] bird he must prepare as a burnt offering according to the regulation, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed,^[aj] and he shall be forgiven.

¹¹ "‘But^[ak] if he cannot afford^[al] two turtledoves or two young doves,^[am] then,^[an] because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of an^[ao] ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put^[ap] oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. ¹² He shall bring^[aq] it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it^[ar] for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to^[as] the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. ¹³ Thus^[at] the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has committed^[au] in any of these,^[av] and he shall be forgiven. It shall be^[aw] for the priest, like the grain offering.'"

Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴ Then^[ax] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁵ "When a person^[ay] displays infidelity^[az] and he sins in an unintentional wrong in any of^[ba] Yahweh's holy things, then^[bb] he shall bring his guilt offering to^[bc] Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock^[bd] as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekels^[be] according to the sanctuary shekel. ¹⁶ And he shall make restitution for what he sinned because of^[bf] a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of its value^[bg] onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priest^[bh] shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

¹⁷ "If^[bi] a person^[bj] when he sins violates^[bk] one from all of Yahweh's commands that should not be violated,^[bl] but^[bm] he did not know, then^[bn] he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. ¹⁸ He shall bring^[bo] to the priest a ram without defect from the flock^[bp] as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (although^[bq] he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh."