Leviticus 5:1-7 ▼

1 “ When someone sins in any of these ways: If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.

2 Or if someone touches anything unclean  — a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature  — without being aware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

3 Or if he touches human uncleanness  — any uncleanness by which one can become defiled  — without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he is guilty.

4 Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil  — concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath  — without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

5 If someone incurs guilt in one of these cases, he is to confess he has committed that sin.

6 He must bring his restitution for the sin he has committed to the LORD : a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

7 “ But if he cannot afford an animal from the flock, then he may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as restitution for his sin  — one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.