Numbers 15:22–31

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

²²“ ‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Mosesⁿ—²³any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come^o—²⁴and if this is done unintentionally^p without the community being aware of it,^q then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering^r as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,^s along with its prescribed grain offering^t and drink offering,^u and a male goat for a sin offering.^{gv 25}The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,^w for it was not intentional^x and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering^y and a sin offering.^{z 26}The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.^a

²⁷“ ‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,^b that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.^{c 28}The priest is to make atonement^d before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.^{e 29}One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.^f

³⁰“ ‘But anyone who sins defiantly,^g whether native-born or foreigner,^h blasphemes the Lordⁱ and must be cut off from the people of Israel.^{j 31}Because they have despised^k the Lord’s word and broken his commands,^l they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.^m’ ”