Numbers 15:22–29

²²But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the Lord has given Moses. ²³And suppose that in the future the community fails to do everything that the Lord commanded through Moses. ²⁴If the mistake was made because of the ignorance of the community, they are to offer a bull as a burnt offering, a smell that pleases the Lord, with the proper grain offering and wine offering. In addition, they are to offer a male goat as a sin offering. ²⁵The priest shall perform the ritual of purification for the community, and they will be forgiven, because the mistake was unintentional and they brought their sin offering as a food offering to the Lord. ²⁶The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.

^27*If an individual sins unintentionally, he is to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering. ^28*At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify the person from his sin, and he will be forgiven. ²⁹The same regulation applies to all who unintentionally commit a sin, whether they are native Israelites or resident foreigners.