Numbers 15:22-29

Common English Bible

Offerings for accidental sin

²² If by accident you don’t obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses, ²³ or everything that the Lord commanded you through Moses from the day of the Lord’s command onward for all time, ²⁴ then if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the community, the entire community must offer one bull from the herd as an entirely burned offering, a soothing smell to the Lord, with its grain and drink offering according to the specific instruction, and one male goat for a purification offering. ²⁵ The priest will seek reconciliation for the entire Israelite community. They will be forgiven, because it was unintentional and because they brought their food gift to the Lord, along with their purification offering in the Lord’s presence for their accidental error. ²⁶ The entire Israelite community and the immigrant residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people acted unintentionally.

²⁷ If an individual sins unintentionally, that person must present a one-year-old female goat for a purification offering. ²⁸ The priest will seek reconciliation in the Lord’s presence for the person who sinned unintentionally, when the sin is an accident, seeking reconciliation so that person will be forgiven. ²⁹ There will be one set of instructions for the Israelite citizen and the immigrant residing with you for anyone who commits an unintentional sin.