“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ Suppose someone sins without meaning to. And that person does something the Lord commands us not to do.

“你晓谕以色列人说：若有人在耶和华所吩咐不可行的什么事上误犯了一件，

“你要吩咐以色列人说：若有人无意中犯罪，在任何事上犯了一条耶和华所吩咐的禁令，

“你要吩咐以色列人说：若有人无意中犯罪，在任何事上犯了一条耶和华所吩咐的禁令，

“你把以下条例告诉以色列人。“如果有人无意中触犯耶和华的诫命，要按以下方式献赎罪祭。

“你要告诉以色列人说：如果有人在耶和华吩咐不可行的事上无意犯了罪，他必须遵行以下条例中的一样：

「你曉諭以色列人說：若有人在耶和華所吩咐不可行的甚麼事上誤犯了一件，

「你要吩咐以色列人說：若有人無意中犯罪，在任何事上犯了一條耶和華所吩咐的禁令，

「你要吩咐以色列人說：若有人無意中犯罪，在任何事上犯了一條耶和華所吩咐的禁令，

「你把以下條例告訴以色列人。「如果有人無意中觸犯耶和華的誡命，要按以下方式獻贖罪祭。

“你要告訴以色列人說：如果有人在耶和華吩咐不可行的事上無意犯了罪，他必須遵行以下條例中的一樣：

『你要告訴以色列人說：若有人在永恆主所吩咐不可行的事上、誤犯了罪、去行其一件；

告以色列族云、如有人誤干耶和華之命、為所不當為、

宜告以色列族云、如有人誤干我命、為所不當為、則必獻祭、以贖其罪。

爾告以色列人云、主之誡命中、若有人誤犯其一、行所不可行者、則當獻贖罪祭、

“ Say to the Israelites:‘ When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands—

“ Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them,

“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands.

“ Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commands and does anything prohibited by them—

“ Speak to the sons of Israel, saying,‘ If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and commits any of them,

“ Speak to the children of Israel, saying:‘ If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them,

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:

“ Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them—

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD[ concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

“ Tell the Israelites,‘ When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them–

“ Speak to the children of Israel, saying,‘ If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,

“‘ Or suppose someone in the community sins without meaning to. They disobey any of the Lord’ s commands.

But who can know their own mistakes? Forgive my hidden faults.

“‘ Suppose you as a community fail to keep any of the commands the Lord gave Moses. And suppose you do it without meaning to.That applies to any of the commands the Lord told Moses to give you. And they are in effect from the day the Lord gave them and for all time to come.Suppose the community sins without meaning to. And suppose they do not know they have sinned. Then the whole community must offer a young bull. They must sacrifice it for a burnt offering. Its smell will please the Lord. Along with it, they must offer its required grain offering and drink offering. They must also sacrifice a male goat for a sin offering.With it the priest will pay for the sin of the whole community of Israel. Then they will be forgiven. They did not mean to commit that sin. And they have presented to the Lord a food offering for the wrong thing they did. They have brought a sin offering with it.The Lord will forgive the whole community of Israel and the outsiders living among them. All the people had a part in the sin, even though they did not mean to do it.“‘ But suppose just one person sins without meaning to. Then that person must bring a female goat for a sin offering. It must be a year old.With it the priest will pay for the person’s sin in front of the Lord. The priest will do it for the one who did wrong by sinning without meaning to. When the sin is paid for, that person will be forgiven.The same law applies to everyone who sins without meaning to. It does not matter whether they are an Israelite or an outsider.

But only the high priest went into the inner room. He went in only once a year. He never entered without taking blood with him. He offered the blood for himself. He also offered it for the sins the people had committed because they didn’t know any better.

Here is the rule about a person who kills someone. That person can run to one of those cities for safety. The rule applies to anyone who kills a neighbor they didn’t hate and didn’t mean to kill.

Some people have gone astray without knowing it. He is able to deal gently with them. He can do that because he himself is weak.

“‘ Or suppose the whole community of Israel sins without meaning to. They do something the Lord commands us not to do. Suppose they realize their guilt.

“ Suppose someone is unfaithful to me and sins. And they do it without meaning to. Here is how they sin against me or my priests. They refuse to give the priests one of the holy things set apart for them. Then they must bring me a ram from the flock. It must not have any flaws. It must be worth the required amount of silver. The silver must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. The ram is a guilt offering. It will pay for their sin.They must also pay for the holy thing they refused to give. They must add a fifth of its value to it. They must give all of it to the priest. The priest will pay for their sin with the ram. It is a guilt offering. And they will be forgiven.“ Suppose someone sins by doing something I command them not to do. Even though they do not know it, they are guilty. They will be held responsible for it.They must bring to the priest a ram from the flock as a guilt offering. It must not have any flaws. And it must be worth the required amount of money. The priest will sacrifice the animal. That will pay for what they have done wrong without meaning to. And they will be forgiven.

“‘ Or suppose a leader sins without meaning to. He disobeys any of the commands of the Lord his God.

Praise and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it shouldn’t be this way.

But Jonathan hadn’t heard that his father had forced the army to make a promise. Jonathan had a long stick in his hand. He reached out and dipped the end of it into the honeycomb. He put some honey in his mouth. It gave him new life.

Then Abimelek called Abraham in. Abimelek said,“ What have you done to us? Have I done something wrong to you? Why have you brought so much guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.