1 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public ^eadjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall ^fbear his iniquity; 2 or ^gif anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; 3 or if he touches ^hhuman uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt; 4 or if anyone utters with his lips a ⁱrash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people ^jswear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; 5 when he realizes his guilt in any of these and ^kconfesses the sin he has committed, 6 he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation¹ for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

7 “But ^lif he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two ^mturtledoves or two pigeons,² one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall ⁿwring its head from its neck ⁿbut shall not sever it completely, 9 and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while ^othe rest of the blood shall be drained out ^pat the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. 10 Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. ^qAnd the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

11 “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a ^rtenth of an ephah³ of fine flour for a sin offering. He ^rshall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12 And he shall bring it to ^sthe priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and ^tburn this on the altar, on the Lord’s food offerings; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus ^qthe priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder⁴ shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

Purification After Childbirth

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then ^ushe shall be unclean seven days. ^vAs at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. 3 And on the ^weighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying. She shall not touch anything holy, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days.

6 ^u“And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, 7 and he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. 8 And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take ^xtwo turtledoves or two pigeons,^{1 y}one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. ^zAnd the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.”