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17 The Lord said to Moses: 18 (A)Tell Aaron and his sons: This is the ritual for the purification offering. At the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, there also, before the Lord, shall the purification offering be slaughtered. It is most holy.(B) 19 The priest who offers the purification offering shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a sacred place,(C) in the court of the tent of meeting. 20 Whatever touches its flesh becomes holy. If any of its blood spatters on a garment, the stained part must be washed in a sacred place. 21 A clay vessel in which it has been boiled shall be broken; if it is boiled in a copper vessel, this shall be scoured afterward and rinsed with water.(D) 22 Every male of the priestly line may eat it. It is most holy. 23 But no purification offering of which some blood has been brought into the tent of meeting(E) to make atonement in the sanctuary shall be eaten; it must be burned with fire.(F)

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17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their share(A) of the food offerings presented to me.(B) Like the sin offering[a] and the guilt offering, it is most holy.(C) 18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it.(D) For all generations to come(E) it is his perpetual share(F) of the food offerings presented to the Lord. Whatever touches them will become holy.[b](G)’”

19 The Lord also said to Moses, 20 “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the Lord on the day he[c] is anointed:(H) a tenth of an ephah[d](I) of the finest flour(J) as a regular grain offering,(K) half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21 It must be prepared with oil on a griddle;(L) bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken[e] in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 22 The son who is to succeed him as anointed priest(M) shall prepare it. It is the Lord’s perpetual share and is to be burned completely.(N) 23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:17 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 30
  2. Leviticus 6:18 Or Whoever touches them must be holy; similarly in verse 27
  3. Leviticus 6:20 Or each
  4. Leviticus 6:20 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
  5. Leviticus 6:21 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

22 If through inadvertence you fail to do any of these commandments which the Lord has given to Moses—(A) 23 anything the Lord commanded you through Moses from the time the Lord first gave the command down through your generations— 24 if it was done inadvertently without the community’s knowledge, the whole community shall sacrifice one bull from the herd as a burnt offering of pleasing aroma to the Lord, along with its prescribed grain offering and libation, as well as one he-goat as a purification offering. 25 (B)Then the priest shall make atonement for the whole Israelite community; and they will be forgiven, since it was inadvertence, and for their inadvertence they have brought their offering: an oblation to the Lord as well as their purification offering before the Lord. 26 Not only the whole Israelite community but also the aliens residing among you shall be forgiven, since the inadvertent fault affects all the people.

27 If it is an individual who sins inadvertently,(C) this person shall bring a yearling she-goat as a purification offering. 28 And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred, since the sin was inadvertent, making atonement for the person to secure forgiveness. 29 You shall have but one rule for the person who sins inadvertently, whether a native-born Israelite or an alien residing among you.

30 But anyone who acts defiantly,(D) whether a native or an alien, reviles the Lord, and shall be cut off from among the people. 31 (E)For having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, he must be cut off entirely and bear the punishment.

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Offerings for Unintentional Sins

22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses(A) 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come(B) 24 and if this is done unintentionally(C) without the community being aware of it,(D) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering(E) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(F) along with its prescribed grain offering(G) and drink offering,(H) and a male goat for a sin offering.[a](I) 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,(J) for it was not intentional(K) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering(L) and a sin offering.(M) 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.(N)

27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,(O) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.(P) 28 The priest is to make atonement(Q) before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.(R) 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.(S)

30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(T) whether native-born or foreigner,(U) blasphemes the Lord(V) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(W) 31 Because they have despised(X) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(Y) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(Z)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27