² “Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally^(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands^(B)—

⁷ But only the high priest entered^(A) the inner room,^(B) and that only once a year,^(C) and never without blood,^(D) which he offered for himself^(E) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.^(F)

²⁷ “‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally^(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt

¹⁰ Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

²² “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses^(A)— ²³ any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come^(B)— ²⁴ and if this is done unintentionally^(C) without the community being aware of it,^(D) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering^(E) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,^(F) along with its prescribed grain offering^(G) and drink offering,^(H) and a male goat for a sin offering.^{[a](I) 25} The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,^(J) for it was not intentional^(K) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering^(L) and a sin offering.^{(M) 26} The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.^(N)

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

² He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,^(A) since he himself is subject to weakness.^(B)

¹³ Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor^(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy^(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.^(C)

²⁷ But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb.^(A) He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.^[a]