¹³ ‘Now ^(A)if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, ^(B)and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which should not be done, and are guilty;

¹⁷ “If a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord, ^(A)though he does not know it, yet he is ^(B)guilty and shall bear his ^[a]iniquity.

² ‘Or ^(A)if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and ^(B)guilty. ³ Or if he touches ^(C)human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

⁴ ‘Or if a person ^[a]swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips ^(D)to do evil or ^(E)to do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

⁵ ‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall ^(F)confess that he has sinned in that thing;

The Just Live by Faith

²⁶ For ^(A)if we sin willfully ^(B)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there ^(C)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and ^(D)fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. ²⁸ Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three ^(E)witnesses. ^29 (F)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, ^(G)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, ^(H)and insulted the Spirit of grace?

¹³ although ^(A)I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an ^[a]insolent man; but I obtained mercy because ^(B)I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Examine Yourself

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats ^(A)this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and ^[a]blood of the Lord.

¹⁹ And they ^(A)gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being ^(B)guilty, they presented a ram of the flock as their ^(C)trespass offering.

²⁴ Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and ^(A)all that he had, and they brought them to ^(B)the Valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, ^(C)“Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” ^(D)So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

²⁶ Then they ^(E)raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So ^(F)the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called ^(G)the Valley of ^[a]Achor to this day.