5:1 “‘When a person sins¹ in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify² and he is a witness—he either saw or knew what had happened³—if he does not make it known,⁴ then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.⁵ 5:2 Or when there is⁶ a person who touches anything ceremonially⁷ unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, and it is hidden from him, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;⁸ 5:3 or when he touches human uncleanness with regard to anything by which he can become unclean⁹ and it is hidden from him, but he himself has come to know it and is guilty; 5:4 or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly¹⁰ with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, and it is hidden from him, but he himself has come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths¹¹— 5:5 it shall be that when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things¹² he must confess how he has sinned,¹³ 5:6 and he must bring his penalty for guilt¹⁴ to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, whether a female sheep or a female goat, for a sin offering. So the priest will make atonement¹⁵ on his behalf for his sin.

5:7 “‘If he cannot afford an animal from the flock¹⁶ he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin which he has committed,¹⁷ two turtledoves or two young pigeons,¹⁸ to the LORD, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 5:8 He must bring them to the priest and present that which is for a sin offering first, and he must pinch off¹⁹ its head at the nape of its neck but he must not severe it from the body.²⁰ 5:9 Then he must sprinkle²¹ some of the blood of the sin offering on the wall of the altar and the remainder of the blood²² must be squeezed out at the base of the altar—it is a sin offering. 5:10 The second he must make a burnt offering according to the standard regulation.²³ So the priest will make atonement²⁴ on his behalf from his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven.²⁵

5:11 “‘If he cannot afford²⁶ two turtledoves or two young pigeons²⁷ he must bring his offering for his sin which he has committed,²⁸ a tenth of an ephah²⁹ of choice wheat flour³⁰ for a sin offering. He must not place oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it because it is a sin offering. 5:12 He must bring it to the priest and the priest must scoop out from it a handful, its memorial portion,³¹ and offer it up in smoke on the altar on the other gifts of the LORD—it is a sin offering. 5:13 So the priest will make atonement³² on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things,³³ and he will be forgiven,³⁴ and the remainder of the offering³⁵ will belong to the priest like the grain offering.’”³⁶

5:14 Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying:³⁷ 5:15 “When a person commits a trespass³⁸ and sins by straying³⁹ from the regulations about the holy things of the LORD,⁴⁰ then he must bring his penalty for guilt⁴¹ to the LORD, a flawless ram from the flock convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel,⁴² for a guilt offering.⁴³ 5:16 And whatever holy thing he violated⁴⁴ he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest will make atonement⁴⁵ on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven.⁴⁶

5:17 “If a person sins and violates any of the commandments of the LORD which must not be violated⁴⁷ although he did not know it, but later realizes he is guilty, then he shall bear his punishment for iniquity⁴⁸ 5:18 and shall bring a flawless ram from the flock convertible into silver shekels⁴⁹ for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement⁵⁰ on his behalf for his error which he committed⁵¹ (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven.⁵² 5:19 It is a guilt offering; he was surely guilty to the LORD.”