¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

²¹ He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat^(A) and confess^(B) over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. ²² The goat will carry on itself all their sins^(C) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

¹⁵ then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah^[a](A) of barley flour^(B) on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy,^(C) a reminder-offering^(D) to draw attention to wrongdoing.

³¹ The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences^(A) of her sin.’”

Witnesses

¹⁵ One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.^(A)