⁶ And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate^(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,^(B) abounding in love^(C) and faithfulness,^(D)

⁷ maintaining love to thousands,^(A) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.^(B) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;^(C) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”^(D)

²⁰ and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement^(A) for the community, and they will be forgiven.^(B)

²⁶ He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement^(A) for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.^(B)

³¹ They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar^(A) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^(B) In this way the priest will make atonement^(C) for them, and they will be forgiven.^(D)

³⁵ They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar^(A) on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

⁴ or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath^(A) to do anything, whether good or evil^(B) (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— ⁵ when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess^(C) in what way they have sinned. ⁶ As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat^(D) from the flock as a sin offering^[a];^(E) and the priest shall make atonement^(F) for them for their sin.

⁷ “‘Anyone who cannot afford^(G) a lamb^(H) is to bring two doves or two young pigeons^(I) to the Lord as a penalty for their sin—one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. ⁸ They 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,^(J) not dividing it completely,^{(K) 9} and is to splash^(L) some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar;^(M) the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar.^(N) It is a sin offering. ¹⁰ The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way^(O) and make atonement^(P) for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.^(Q)

¹¹ “‘If, however, they cannot afford^(R) two doves or two young pigeons,^(S) they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah^[b](T) of the finest flour^(U) for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering. ¹² They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial^[c] portion^(V) and burn it on the altar^(W) on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering. ¹³ In this way the priest will make atonement^(X) 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,^(Y) as in the case of the grain offering.^(Z)’”

¹⁸ ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.^(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’^(B)

²⁰ The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them,^(A) as you asked.