More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings

5 “ ‘When a persona sins in thatb 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, thenc he shall bear his guilt. 2 Or if a persond touches anything unclean, ⌊whether⌋e an unclean wildf animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, butg ⌊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, butj ⌊he is unaware of it⌋,k and he himself finds out, thenl he will be guilty. 4 Or when a personm swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good ⌊with regard to⌋n anything that the person in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, buto ⌊he is unaware of it⌋,p and he finds out, he will be guilty ⌊in any of⌋q these. 5 When he becomes guilty ⌊in any of⌋r these, he shall confesss what he has sinned ⌊regarding⌋t it, 6 and he shall bring his guilt offering tou Yahweh for his sin that he has ⌊committed⌋:v a female from the flock,w a ewe-lamb or ⌊a she-goat⌋,x as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him fory his sin.

7 “ ‘Ifz ⌊he cannot afford a sheep⌋,a he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two ⌊young doves⌋b for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bringc them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priestd shall wring its head off ⌊at the back of its neck⌋,e butf he must not sever it, 9 and he shall spatter ⌊some of⌋g 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 secondh 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⌋,i and he shall be forgiven.

11 “ ‘Butj if ⌊he cannot afford⌋k two turtledoves or two ⌊young doves⌋,l then,m because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of ann ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not puto oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12 He shall bringp it to the priest, and the priest ⌊shall take a handful of it⌋q for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar ⌊in addition to⌋r the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 13 Thuss the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has ⌊committed⌋t ⌊in any of these⌋,u and he shall be forgiven. It shall bev for the priest, like the grain offering.’ ”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 Thenw Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15 “When a personx ⌊displays infidelity⌋y and he sins in an unintentional wrong ⌊in any of⌋z Yahweh’s holy things, thena he shall bring his guilt offering tob Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flockc as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekelsd according to the sanctuary shekel. 16 And he shall make restitution for what he sinned ⌊because of⌋e a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of ⌊its value⌋f onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priestg shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

17 “Ifh a personi when he sins ⌊violates⌋j one from all of Yahweh’s commands that should not ⌊be violated⌋,k butl he did not know, thenm he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. 18 He shall bringn to the priest a ram without defect from the flocko as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (althoughp he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh.”

Regulations Concerning Priests

21 Thena Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and say to them, ‘One must not make himself unclean for a dead person among his own people, 2 except for his direct relative closest to him: his mother and his father, and his son and his daughter, and his brother, 3 and for his sister, a virgin, who is closest to him, ⌊who has not had a husband⌋b—for her he may defile himself. 4 He must not make himself unclean as ⌊a kinsman by marriage⌋,c defiling himself.

5 “ ‘And they shall not shave bald patches on their head, and they shall not shave off the corner of their beard, and they shall not make a cut in their body. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God, because they are bringing near the offerings made by fire tod Yahweh—their God’s food—and they shall be holy.

7 “ ‘They shall not ⌊marry⌋e a woman who is a prostitute and defiled, nor shall they ⌊marry⌋f a woman divorced from her husband, because each priestg is holy for his God. 8 And you shall consecrate him, because he is bringing near your God’s food; he shall be holy to you, since I, Yahweh, who consecrates you, am holy.

9 “ ‘As forh the daughter of any priest, if she is defiled by prostituting, she is disgracing her father—she shall be burned in the fire.

10 “ ‘As fori the priest who is higher than his brothers, on whose head the oil of anointment is poured and ⌊he was ordained⌋j to wear the garments, he shall not dishevel his head, and he shall not tear his garments. 11 And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father ork for his mother. 12 And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, and he shall not profane his God’s sanctuary, because the dedication of his God’s oil of anointment is on him; I am Yahweh.

13 “ ‘And he himself must take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow orl a divorced woman orm a defiled woman, a prostitute—these he must not take; he shall take onlyn a virgin from his people as wife. 15 And he shall not profane his offspring among his people, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates him.’ ”

16 Theno Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘A man from your offspring throughout their generations, in whom is a physical defect, shall not come near to present your God’s food. 18 Indeed,p any man in whom is a physical defect shall not come near: a blind man or lame or disfigured or deformed, 19 or a man in whom is a broken foot or a broken hand, 20 or a hunchback or a dwarf, or a spot in his eye or a skin disorder or a skin eruption or a crushed testicle. 21 Any man from Aaron the priest’s offspring in whom is a physical defect shall not come near to present offerings made by fire toq Yahweh; a physical defect is in him; he shall not come near to present his God’s food. 22 He may eat his God’s food, from ⌊the most holy things⌋r and from the holy things. 23 But he must not enter the curtain, and he must not come near to the altar, because a physical defect is in him, and he must not profane my sanctuary, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.’ ”

24 Thuss Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the ⌊Israelites⌋.t

Priests and Their Food

22 Thena Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Tellb Aaron and his sonsc thatd they must deal respectfully with the ⌊Israelites⌋’e votive offerings, and they must not profane my holy name, which they are consecrating to me; I am Yahweh.

3 “Say to them, ‘Throughout your generations, any man from any of your offspring who comes near the votive offerings that the ⌊Israelites⌋f consecrate to Yahweh withg his uncleanness on him, that person shall be cut offh from ⌊before me⌋;i I am Yahweh.

4 “ ‘⌊Anyone⌋j from Aaron’s offspring, ifk he is afflicted with a skin disease or a fluid discharge, shall not eat in the sanctuary ⌊until⌋l he is clean; and the one who touches any unclean person or a man from whom an emission of semen goes out, 5 or a man who touches any swarmer that is unclean for him or who touches a person who is unclean for him ⌊due to⌋m whatever his uncleanness, 6 a person who touches such a thingn shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the votive offerings, excepto when he washesp his body with water 7 and ⌊the sun sets⌋,q and he shall be clean; thenr afterward he may eat from the votive offerings, because it is his food. 8 He shall not eat a naturally dead body ors a mangled carcass, ⌊so that he becomes unclean⌋t by it; I am Yahweh.

9 “ ‘And they shall keep my obligation, and they shall not incur guilt because of it, so thatu they die through it, because they have profaned it; I am Yahweh who consecrates them.

10 “ ‘⌊No stranger shall eat⌋v the votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident withw a priest orx a hired worker eat the votive offering. 11 Buty a priest, if with his money he buys a person as ⌊his possession⌋,z that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food. 12 And a priest’s …