The Trespass Offering

5 ‘If a person sins in ^(A)hearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he ^(B)bears ^[a]guilt.

² ‘Or ^(C)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 ^(D)guilty. ³ Or if he touches ^(E)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 ^[b]swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips ^(F)to do evil or ^(G)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 ^(H)confess that he has sinned in that thing; ⁶ and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.

^7 (I)‘If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord, for his trespass which he has committed, two ^(J)turtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. ⁸ And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and ^(K)wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it ^[c]completely. ⁹ Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the ^(L)rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. ¹⁰ And he shall offer the second as a burnt offering according to the ^(M)prescribed manner. So ^(N)the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

¹¹ ‘But if he is ^(O)not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. ^(P)He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹² Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it ^(Q)as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar ^(R)according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering. ^13 (S)The priest shall make atonement for him, ^[d]for his sin that he has committed in any of these matters; and it shall be forgiven him. ^(T)The rest shall be the priest’s as a grain offering.’ ”

Offerings with Restitution

¹⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^15 (U)“If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord, then ^(V)he shall bring to the Lord as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to ^(W)the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering. ¹⁶ And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in regard to the holy thing, ^(X)and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^(Y)So the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

¹⁷ “If a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord, ^(Z)though he does not know it, yet he is ^(AA)guilty and shall bear his ^[e]iniquity. ^18 (AB)And he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his ignorance in which he erred and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him. ¹⁹ It is a trespass offering; ^(AC)he has certainly trespassed against the Lord.”

Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering

6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² “If a person sins and ^(AD)commits a trespass against the Lord by ^(AE)lying^[f] to his neighbor about ^(AF)what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about ^[g]a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has ^(AG)extorted from his neighbor, ³ or if he ^(AH)has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and ^(AI)swears falsely—in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins: ⁴ then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall ^[h]restore ^(AJ)what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, ⁵ or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall ^(AK)restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering. ⁶ And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, ^(AL)a ram without blemish from the flock, with your ^[i]valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest. ^7 (AM)So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses.”

The Law of the Burnt Offering

⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹ “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the ^(AN)law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. ^10 (AO)And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them ^(AP)beside the altar. ¹¹ Then ^(AQ)he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp ^(AR)to a clean place. ¹² And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it ^(AS)the fat of the peace offerings. ¹³ A fire shall always be burning on the ^(AT)altar; it shall never go out.

The Law of the Grain Offering

¹⁴ ‘This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord. ¹⁵ He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the Lord. ¹⁶ And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it. ¹⁷ It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their ^[j]portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the ^(AU)trespass offering. ^18 (AV)All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. ^(AW)It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. ^(AX)Everyone who touches them must be holy.’ ”

¹⁹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^20 (AY)“This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ^(AZ)ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. ²¹ It shall be made in a ^(BA)pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a ^[k]sweet aroma to the Lord. ²² The priest from among his sons, ^(BB)who is anointed in his place, shall offer it. It is a statute forever to the Lord. ^(BC)It shall be ^[l]wholly burned. ²³ For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

The Law of the Sin Offering

²⁴ Also the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁵ “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: ^(BD)In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the Lord. It is most holy. ^26 (BE)The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting. ^27 (BF)Everyone who touches its flesh ^[m]must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place. ²⁸ But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled ^(BG)shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water. ²⁹ All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy. ^30 (BH)But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in ^[n]the holy ^(BI)place, shall be ^(BJ)eaten. It shall be ^(BK)burned in the fire.

Birth of John the Baptist

⁵⁷ Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸ When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they ^(A)rejoiced with her.

Circumcision of John the Baptist

⁵⁹ So it was, ^(B)on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias. ⁶⁰ His mother answered and said, ^(C)“No; he shall be called John.”

⁶¹ But they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” ⁶² So they made signs to his father—what he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, “His name is John.” So they all marveled. ⁶⁴ Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God. ⁶⁵ Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶ And all those who heard them ^(D)kept them in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child will this be?” And ^(E)the hand of the Lord was with him.

Zacharias’ Prophecy

⁶⁷ Now his father Zacharias ^(F)was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

⁸⁰ So ^(U)the child grew and became strong in spirit, and ^(V)was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.