² “‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground)^(A) and they are unaware that they have become unclean,^(B) but then they come to realize their guilt; ³ or if they touch human uncleanness^(C) (anything that would make them unclean)^(D) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt; ⁴ or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath^(E) to do anything, whether good or evil^(F) (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—

¹⁷ “If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it,^(A) they are guilty and will be held responsible.^(B)

²⁴ and if this is done unintentionally^(A) without the community being aware of it,^(B) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering^(C) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,^(D) along with its prescribed grain offering^(E) and drink offering,^(F) and a male goat for a sin offering.^{[a](G) 25} The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,^(H) for it was not intentional^(I) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering^(J) and a sin offering.^{(K) 26} The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.^(L)