Chapter 23

The Soul That Sins

Chapters 23 - 29 collectively are The Torah of the Tabernacle -or- The Torah of the Sacrifice


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And Moses and Zipporah spoke unto the congregation of Israel from out of the Tabernacle of the Congregationa, saying: If a soulb should sin, and hear the voice of swearingc, and is a witness, whether they hath seen or known of it, if they do not utter it, then they shall bear their iniquity.

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Or if a soul toucheth any uncleana thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from them, they also shall be unclean.

3

Or, if they should touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a person shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from them, when they knoweth of it, then they shall be guilty.

4

Or if a soul sweara, saying with their lips to do evil or to do good, whatsoever it be that someone shall pronounce with an oatha, and it be hid from them, when they knoweth of it, then they shall be guilty in one of these.

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And it shall be that when they shall be guilty in one of these things, that they shall confess that they hath sinned in that thing;

6

And they shall bring their trespass offering unto YHVHa for their sin which they hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the Priest shall make an atonement for them concerning their sin.

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And if they are not able to bring a lamb, then they shall bring for their trespass, which they hath committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons unto YHVH; one for a sin offering and the other for an offering.

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And they shall bring them unto the Priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder;

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And the Priest shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar; it is a sin offering.

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And they shall offer the second for a meat offering, according to the manner; and the Priest shall make an atonement for them for their sin which they hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven them.

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But if they be not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then they that sinned shall bring for their offering some fine flour for a sin offering;

12

And they shall put no oil upon it; neither shall they put any frankincense thereon, for it is a sin offering.