Chapter 5 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness
whether he hath seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear
his iniquity.
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean
beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things,
and if it be hidden from him, he also shall be unclean and guilty.
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man
shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth of it,
then he shall be guilty.
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil or to do good,
whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from
him, when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall
confess that he hath sinned in that thing.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin, which he hath
sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats,
for a sin offering.
And the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass,
which he hath committed, two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord,
one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin
offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it
asunder.
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar,
and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar.
It is a sin offering.
And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner.
And the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin, which he hath sinned,
and it shall be forgiven him.
But if he be not able to bring two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, then he that
sins shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a
sin offering.
He shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon,
for it is a sin offering.
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of
it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings
made by fire unto the Lord.
It is a sin offering.
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath
sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him.
And the remnant shall be the priest as a meat offering.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, If a soul commit a trespass and
sin through ignorance in the holy things of the Lord, then he shall bring for his
trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish, out of the flocks, with thy
estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary for a
trespass offering.
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing,
and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest, and the
priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering,
and it shall be forgiven him.
And if a soul sin and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by
the commandments of the Lord, though he wist it not, yet is he guilty,
and shall bear his iniquity.
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock with thy estimation,
for a trespass offering unto the priest, and the priest shall make an atonement for
him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be
forgiven him.
It is a trespass offering.
He hath certainly trespassed against the Lord.