¹⁵ “When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally^(A) in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty^(B) a ram^(C) from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.^[a](D) It is a guilt offering.^{(E) 16} They must make restitution^(F) for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value^(G) and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.

¹⁷ “If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it,^(H) they are guilty and will be held responsible.^{(I) 18} They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering^(J) a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.^(K)

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)

²⁷ But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb.^(A) He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.^[a]

¹⁷ “Now, fellow Israelites,^(A) I know that you acted in ignorance,^(B) as did your leaders.^(C)