¹³ “Now if the whole community of Israel^(A) errs,^(B) and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly,^(C) so that they violate any of the Lord’s commands and incur guilt^(D) by doing what is prohibited,

²² “When a leader^[a](A) sins and unintentionally violates any of the commands of the Lord his God by doing what is prohibited, and incurs guilt,

²⁷ “Now if any of the common people^[a] sins unintentionally by violating one of the Lord’s commands, does what is prohibited, and incurs guilt,

² Or if someone touches anything unclean^(A)—a carcass of an unclean wild animal,^(B) or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature^(C)—without being aware of it, he is unclean and incurs guilt.^(D)

³ Or if he touches human uncleanness^(E)—any uncleanness by which one can become defiled^(F)—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt.

⁴ Or if someone swears rashly^(G) to do what is good or evil—concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

⁵ If someone incurs guilt in one of these cases, he is to confess^(H) he has committed that sin.

¹⁷ “If someone sins and without knowing it violates any of the Lord’s commands concerning anything prohibited, he is guilty, and he will bear his iniquity. ¹⁸ He must bring an unblemished ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a guilt offering to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the error he has committed unintentionally, and he will be forgiven. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; he is indeed guilty before the Lord.”

⁴ once he has sinned^(A) and acknowledged his guilt^(B)—he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,

⁴ You are guilty of the blood you have shed,^(A) and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment^[a] days near and have come to your years of punishment.^[b] Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

Judgment against Edom

¹² “‘This is what the Lord God says: Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah^(A) and incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,