Numbers 15:17-26

English Standard Version

¹⁷The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸^(A)“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you ¹⁹and when you eat of ^(B)the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord. ²⁰^(C)Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a ^(D)contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. ²¹^(E)Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the Lord as a contribution throughout your generations.

Laws About Unintentional Sins

²²^(F)“But if you sin unintentionally,^[a] and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses, ²³all that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations, ²⁴then if it was done unintentionally ^(G)without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord, ^(H)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and ^(I)one male goat for a sin offering. ²⁵^(J)And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake. ²⁶And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.