²² In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,^(A) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.^(B)

¹¹ For the life of a creature is in the blood,^(A) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.^[a](B)

⁷ In this way the priest will make atonement^(A) for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

³⁵ They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar^(A) on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

¹⁴ The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.^(A)

¹⁸ They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering^(A) a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.^(B)

²⁰ and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement^(A) for the community, and they will be forgiven.^(B)

⁶ He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.^(A)

¹² They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial^[a] portion^(A) and burn it on the altar^(B) on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering.

¹⁰ The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way^(A) and make atonement^(B) for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.^(C)