4 And the Lord said to Moses,

² Say to the Israelites, If anyone shall sin through error or unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them—

³ If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to the Lord as a sin offering.^(A)

⁴ He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, and shall lay [both] his hands on the bull’s head and kill [it] before the Lord.

⁵ And the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting;

⁶ And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of [it] seven times before the Lord before the veil of the sanctuary.

⁷ And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord which is in the Tent of Meeting; and all the rest of the blood of the bull shall he pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

⁸ And all the fat of the bull for the sin offering he shall take off of it—the fat that covers and is on the entrails,

⁹ And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys—

¹⁰ Just as these are taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

¹¹ But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung,

¹² Even the whole bull shall he carry forth without the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on a fire of wood, there where the ashes are poured out.^(B)

¹³ If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and it be hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done what the Lord has commanded not to be done and are guilty,

¹⁴ When the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the congregation shall offer a young bull for a sin offering and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁵ The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord.

¹⁶ The anointed priest shall bring some of the bull’s blood to the Tent of Meeting,

¹⁷ And shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, before the veil [which screens the ark of the covenant].

¹⁸ He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar [of incense] which is before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering near the door of the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁹ And he shall take all its fat from the bull and burn it on the altar.

²⁰ Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull for a sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for [the people], and they shall be forgiven.

²¹ And he shall carry forth the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the congregation.

²² When a ruler or leader sins and unwittingly does any one of the things the Lord his God has forbidden, and is guilty,

²³ If his sin which he has committed be known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.

²⁴ He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering.

²⁵ The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

²⁶ And he shall burn all its fat upon the altar like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; so the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

²⁷ If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing anything the Lord has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

²⁸ When the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

²⁹ The offender shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill [it] at the place of the burnt offering.

³⁰ And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

³¹ And all the fat of it he shall take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for [the man], and he shall be forgiven.

³² If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.

³³ He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

³⁴ And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and all the rest of the blood of the lamb he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

³⁵ And he shall take away all the fat of it, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar upon the offerings made by fire to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for the sin which the man has committed, and he shall be forgiven.^(C)

5 If anyone sins in that he is sworn to testify and has knowledge of the matter, either by seeing or hearing of it, but fails to report it, then he shall bear his iniquity and willfulness.

² Or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean wild beast or of an unclean domestic animal or of unclean creeping things that multiply prolifically, even if he is unaware of it, and he has become unclean, he is guilty.

³ Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever kind the uncleanness may be with which he becomes defiled, and he is unaware of it, when he does know it, then he shall be guilty.

⁴ Or if anyone unthinkingly swears he will do something, whether to do evil or good, whatever it may be that a man shall pronounce rashly taking an oath, then, when he becomes aware of it, he shall be guilty in either of these.^(D)

⁵ When a man is guilty in one of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed.

⁶ He shall bring his guilt or trespass offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin.

⁷ But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring for his guilt offering to the Lord two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

⁸ He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer the one for the sin offering first, and wring its head from its neck, but shall not sever it;

⁹ And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.

¹⁰ And he shall prepare the second bird for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

¹¹ But if the offender cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil or frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

¹² He shall bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar, on the offerings made by fire to the Lord; it is a sin offering.

¹³ Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven; and the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the cereal offering.

¹⁴ And the Lord said to Moses,

¹⁵ If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unwittingly in the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring his trespass or guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, that is, the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass or guilt offering.

¹⁶ And he shall make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass or guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

¹⁷ If anyone sins and does any of the things the Lord has forbidden, though he was not aware of it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.^(E)

¹⁸ He shall bring [to the priest] a ram without blemish out of the flock, estimated by you to the amount [of the trespass], for a guilt or trespass offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the error which he committed unknowingly, and he shall be forgiven.

¹⁹ It is a trespass or guilt offering; he is certainly guilty before the Lord.

²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.^(A)

³⁰ Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and ^[a]beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliancy and splendor].^(B)

³¹ And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of the ^[b]universe to the other.^(C)

³² From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its ^[c]young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know ^[d]of a surety that summer is near.

³³ So also when you see these signs, ^[e]all taken together, coming to pass, you may know ^[f]of a surety that He is near, at the very doors.

³⁴ Truly I tell you, this generation (^[g]the whole multitude of people living at the same time, ^[h]in a definite, ^[i]given period) will not pass away till all these things ^[j]taken together take place.

^35 [k]Sky and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³⁶ But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

³⁷ As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

³⁸ For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, [men] marrying and [women] being given in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah went into the ark,

³⁹ And they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away—so will be the coming of the Son of Man.^(D)

⁴⁰ At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the hand mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

⁴² Watch therefore [^[l]give strict attention, be cautious and active], for you do not know in what kind of a day [^[m]whether a near or remote one] your Lord is coming.

⁴³ But understand this: had the householder known in what [part of the night, whether in a ^[n]night or a morning] watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be ^[o]undermined and broken into.

⁴⁴ You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.

⁴⁵ Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household to give to the others the food and supplies at the proper time?

⁴⁶ Blessed (happy, fortunate, and ^[p]to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing.

⁴⁷ I solemnly declare to you, he will set him over all his possessions.

⁴⁸ But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, My master is delayed and is going to be gone a long time,

⁴⁹ And begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken,

⁵⁰ The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware,

⁵¹ And will punish him [^[q]cut him up by scourging] and put him with the pretenders (hypocrites); there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

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