The Bible

Leviticus Chapter 5

¹"'If anyone sins, in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

²"'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.

³"'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.

⁴"'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good- whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him- when he knows of it, then he will be guilty of one of these. ⁵When he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess what he has sinned; ⁶and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned: a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest is to make atonement for him concerning his sin.

⁷"'If he can't afford a lamb, then he is to bring his trespass offering for where he has fallen short, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. ⁸He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering. He shall wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely. ⁹He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. ¹⁰He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest is to make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.

¹¹"'But if he can't afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for where he has fallen short, one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, and he shall not put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹²He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest is to take his handful of it as the memorial-portion, and burn it on the altar, on Yahweh's offerings made by fire. It is a sin offering. ¹³The priest is to make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven; and the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.'"

¹⁴Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁵"If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding Yahweh's holy things, then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. ¹⁶He shall make restitution for what he has done wrong regarding the holy thing, and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and he will be forgiven.

¹⁷"If anyone sins, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, though he didn't know it, he is still guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. ¹⁸He shall bring a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest; and the priest is to make atonement for him concerning what he sinned in but didn't know it, and he will be forgiven. ¹⁹It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty in Yahweh's presence."