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'Now if a personsins after he hears a apublic1adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seenor otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his bguilt.
2'Orif a persontouches2anyuncleanthing, whether a carcass of an uncleanbeastor the carcass of uncleancattleor a carcass of uncleanswarmingthings, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty.
3'Orif he toucheshumanuncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomesunclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty.
4'Orif a person3swearsthoughtlessly with his lips to doevilor to dogood, in whatever matter a man may speakthoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.
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'So it shall be when he becomesguilty in one of these, that he shall 4confess that in which he has sinned.
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'He shall also bring his guiltoffering to the LORD for his sinwhich he has ccommitted, 5a female from the flock, a lambor a dgoat as a sinoffering. So the priest shall makeatonement on his behalf for his sin.
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'But ifehe cannotafford a lamb, then he shall bring to the LORD his guiltoffering for that in which he has sinned, twoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons, 6one for a sinoffering and the other for a burntoffering.
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'He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offerfirst that which is for the sinoffering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he 7shall not sever it.
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'He shall also sprinklesome of the blood of the sinoffering8on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out 9at the base of the altar : it is a sinoffering.
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'The second he shall then prepare as a burntoffering10according to the ordinance. 11So the priest shall makeatonement on his behalf for his sinwhich he has fcommitted, and it will be forgiven him.
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'But 12if his gmeans are insufficient for twoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an hephah of fineflour for a sinoffering ; 13he shall not putoil on it or placeincense on it, for it is a sinoffering.
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'He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorialportion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, iwith the offerings of the LORD by fire : it is a sinoffering.
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'So the priest shall makeatonement for him concerning his sinwhich he has jcommitted from 14one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then 15the rest shall become the priest's, like the grain offering.' "
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Then the LORDspoke to Moses, saying,
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"16If a personactsunfaithfully and sins17unintentionallyagainst the LORD'Sholythings, then he shall bring his 18guiltoffering to the LORD : 19a ramwithoutdefect from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in terms of the 20shekel of the sanctuary, for a guiltoffering.
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"21He shall makerestitution for that which he has sinnedagainst the holything, and shall add to it a fifthpart of it and give it to the priest. 22The priest shall then makeatonement for him with the ram of the guiltoffering, and it will be forgiven him.
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"Now if a personsins and doesany of the things kwhich the LORD has commanded not to be done, 23though he was unaware , still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
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"He is then to bring to the priest24a ramwithoutdefect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guiltoffering. So the priest shall makeatonement for him concerning his error in which he sinned25unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him.
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"It is a guiltoffering ; he was certainlyguilty before the LORD."
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