El sacrificio expiatorio por diversos pecados
1»Si alguien peca por negarse a declarar bajo juramento lo que vio o escuchó, sufrirá las consecuencias de su pecado.
2»Si alguien sin darse cuenta toca alguna cosa ritualmente impura, tal como el cadáver de un animal impuro, sea o no doméstico, o el cadáver de un reptil impuro, se vuelve impuro él mismo y es culpable.
3»Si alguien sin darse cuenta toca alguna impureza humana, cualquiera que esta sea, se vuelve impuro él mismo. Pero, al darse cuenta, será culpable.
4»Si alguien hace uno de esos juramentos que se acostumbra a hacer a la ligera, y sin saberlo jura hacer bien o mal, ha pecado. Pero, al darse cuenta, será culpable de haber hecho ese juramento.
5»Si alguien resulta culpable de alguna de estas cosas, deberá reconocer que ha pecado 6y llevarle al Señor en sacrificio expiatorio por la culpa del pecado cometido una hembra del rebaño, que podrá ser una oveja o una cabra. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por ese pecado.
El caso del pobre
7»Si a alguien no le alcanza para comprar ganado menor, entonces le llevará al Señor, como sacrificio por la culpa del pecado cometido, dos tórtolas o dos pichones de paloma, una de las aves como sacrificio por el pecado y la otra como holocausto. 8Se las llevará al sacerdote, quien primero ofrecerá el ave para el sacrificio expiatorio. Para esto, le retorcerá el cuello, pero sin desprenderle del todo la cabeza. 9Luego rociará un poco de la sangre del sacrificio expiatorio sobre un lado del altar, y al pie del altar exprimirá el resto de la sangre. Es un sacrificio expiatorio. 10Con la segunda ave hará un holocausto, como ya ha sido prescrito. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el pecado cometido, y ese pecado le será perdonado.
11»Si a esa persona tampoco le alcanza para comprar dos tórtolas o dos pichones, presentará entonces en sacrificio expiatorio, como ofrenda por el pecado cometido, dos litros5:11 dos litros. Lit. una décima de efa. de flor de harina. Como se trata de un sacrificio expiatorio, no se le pondrá aceite ni incienso. 12Llevará este sacrificio al sacerdote, quien tomará un puñado de la ofrenda memorial y lo quemará en el altar junto con los sacrificios presentados por fuego al Señor. Es un sacrificio expiatorio. 13Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el pecado cometido en alguna de estas cosas, y ese pecado le será perdonado. El resto de la ofrenda será para el sacerdote, como sucede con la ofrenda de cereal».
El sacrificio por la culpa
14El Señor le dijo a Moisés: 15«Si alguien comete una falta y peca inadvertidamente contra lo que ha sido consagrado al Señor, le llevará al Señor un carnero sin defecto como sacrificio por la culpa. Su precio será tasado en plata, según la tasación oficial del santuario. Es un sacrificio por la culpa. 16Además, el culpable hará restitución por haber pecado contra lo consagrado, añadiendo la quinta parte, la cual entregará al sacerdote. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por él mediante el carnero del sacrificio por la culpa, y ese pecado le será perdonado.
17»Si alguien peca inadvertidamente e incurre en algo que los mandamientos del Señor prohíben, es culpable y sufrirá las consecuencias de su pecado. 18Le llevará al sacerdote un carnero sin defecto, cuyo precio será fijado como sacrificio por la culpa. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el pecado que esa persona cometió inadvertidamente, y ese pecado le será perdonado. 19Es un sacrificio por la culpa, de la que se hizo acreedor por pecar contra el Señor».
1“ ‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.
2“ ‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt; 3or if they touch human uncleanness (anything that would make them unclean) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt; 4or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt— 5when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned. 6As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering5:6 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.
7“ ‘Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin—one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not dividing it completely, 9and is to splash some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. 10The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
11“ ‘If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah5:11 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial5:12 Or representative portion and burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering. 13In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.’ ”
The Guilt Offering
14The Lord said to Moses: 15“When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.5:15 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams It is a guilt offering. 16They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.
17“If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. 18They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven. 19It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty of5:19 Or offering; atonement has been made for their wrongdoing against the Lord.”
