ויקרא ה׳:ט״ו

If a person incurs guilt—
When someone has heard a public imprecation^aimprecation Namely, against one who withholds testimony. but (although able to testify as having seen or learned of the matter) has not given information and thus is subject to punishment; Or when a person touches any impure thing (be it the carcass of an impure beast or the carcass of impure cattle or the carcass of an impure creeping thing) but does not attend to it, and then, being impure, they realize their guilt; Or when someone touches human impurity (any such impurity whereby one becomes impure) and, though knowing about it, does not attend to it, but later they realize their guilt; Or when a person utters^butters Lit. “utters with his lips.” an oath to bad or good purpose (whatever a human being may utter in an oath) and, though knowing about it, does not attend to it, but later they realize their guilt in any of these matters— upon realizing their guilt in any of these matters, that person shall confess having sinned in that way. And they shall bring as a penalty to GOD, for the sin of which they are guilty, a female from the flock—sheep or goat—as a purgation offering; and the priest shall make expiation for the sin, on their behalf. But if their means do not suffice for a sheep, they shall bring to GOD, as the penalty for that of which they are guilty, two turtledoves or two pigeons—one for a purgation offering and the other for a burnt offering. These shall be brought to the priest, who shall offer first the bird for the purgation offering, pinching its head at the nape without severing it. He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the purgation offering on the side of the altar, and what remains of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a purgation offering. And the second bird he shall prepare as a burnt offering, according to regulation. For the sin of which [the person] is guilty, the priest shall thus make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven. And if their means do not suffice for two turtledoves or two pigeons, they shall bring as an offering for that of which they are guilty a tenth of an ephah of choice flour for a purgation offering; they shall not add oil to it or lay frankincense on it, for it is a purgation offering. It shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall scoop out of it a handful as a token portion and turn it into smoke on the altar, with GOD’s offerings by fire; it is a purgation offering. For whichever of these sins [the person] is guilty, the priest shall thus make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven. It shall belong to the priest, like the grain offering. And GOD spoke to Moses, saying: When a person commits a trespass, being unwittingly remiss about any of GOD’s sacred things: They shall bring as a penalty to GOD a ram without blemish from the flock, convertible into payment in silver by the sanctuary weight, as a reparation offering. Restitution shall be made for the remission regarding the sacred things, adding a fifth part to it and giving it to the priest. The priest shall make expiation with the ram of the reparation offering on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven. As for a person who, without knowing it, sins in regard to any of GOD’s commandments about things not to be done, and then realizes their guilt: They shall be subject to punishment. They shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent,^cthe equivalent In currency; cf. v. 15. as a reparation offering. For the error committed unwittingly, the priest shall make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven. It is a reparation offering; they have incurred guilt before GOD. ^dThis verse is labeled as 6.1 in some editions.GOD spoke to Moses, saying: When a person sins and commits a trespass against GOD—by dealing deceitfully with another in the matter of a deposit or a pledge,^epledge Meaning of Heb. tesumeth yad uncertain. or through robbery, or by defrauding another, or by finding something lost and lying about it; if they swear falsely regarding any one of the various things that a person may do and sin thereby— when they have thus sinned and, realizing their guilt, would restore either that which was gotten through robbery or fraud, or the entrusted deposit, or the lost thing that was found, or anything else about which they swore falsely, they shall repay the principal amount and add a fifth part to it. It shall be paid to its owner upon realizing that guilt. Then [the sinner] shall bring to the priest, as a penalty to GOD, a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent,^fthe equivalent In currency; cf. v. 15. as a reparation offering. The priest shall make expiation before GOD on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven for whatever was done to draw blame thereby.