Leviticus 5:1–6

Cases Requiring Sin Offerings

5“When someone sins in any of these ways:

If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin. ^v

²Or if someone touches anything unclean ^w—a carcass of an unclean wild animal, ^xor unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature ^yz—without being aware of it, he is unclean and guilty. ^a

³Or if he touches human uncleanness ^b—any uncleanness by which one can become defiled ^c—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he is guilty.

⁴Or if someone swears rashly ^dto do what is good or evil—concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance. ^e

⁵If someone incurs guilt in one of these cases, he is to confess ^fhe has committed that sin. ⁶He must bring his restitution ^gfor the sin he has committed to the Lord: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement ^hon his behalf for his sin.