Sin Offerings

4¹ And the Lord said to Moses, ² Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done: ³ If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering. ⁴ And he is to take the ox to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord; and put his hand on its head and put it to death before the Lord. ⁵ And the chief priest is to take some of its blood and take it to the Tent of meeting; ⁶ And the priest is to put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of it before the Lord seven times, in front of the veil of the holy place. ⁷ And the priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar on which perfume is burned before the Lord in the Tent of meeting, draining out all the rest of the blood of the ox at the base of the altar of burned offering which is at the door of the Tent of meeting. ⁸ And he is to take away all the fat of the ox of the sin-offering; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat of the inside parts, ⁹ And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away, ¹⁰ As it is taken from the ox of the peace-offering; and it is to be burned by the priest on the altar of burned offerings. ¹¹ And the skin of the ox and all its flesh, with its head and its legs and its inside parts and its waste, ¹² All the ox, he is to take away outside the circle of the tents into a clean place where the burned waste is put, and there it is to be burned on wood with fire.

¹³ And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone's knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them; ¹⁴ When the sin which they have done comes to light, then let all the people give an ox for a sin-offering, and take it before the Tent of meeting. ¹⁵ And let the chiefs of the people put their hands on its head before the Lord, and put the ox to death before the Lord. ¹⁶ And the priest is to take some of its blood to the Tent of meeting; ¹⁷ And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. ¹⁸ And he is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar of burned offering at the door of the Tent of meeting. ¹⁹ And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar. ²⁰ Let him do with the ox as he did with the ox of the sin-offering; and the priest will take away their sin and they will have forgiveness. ²¹ Then let the ox be taken away outside the tent-circle, that it may be burned as the other ox was burned; it is the sin-offering for all the people.

²² If a ruler does wrong, and in error does any of the things which, by the order of the Lord his God, are not to be done, causing sin to come on him; ²³ When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, let him give for his offering a goat, a male without any mark. ²⁴ And he is to put his hand on the head of the goat and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned offering before the Lord: it is a sin-offering. ²⁵ And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, draining out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burned offering. ²⁶ And all the fat of it is to be burned on the altar like the fat of the peace-offering; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.

²⁷ And if any one of the common people does wrong in error, doing any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, causing sin to come on him; ²⁸ When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, then he is to give for his offering a goat, a female without any mark, for the sin which he has done. ²⁹ And he is to put his hand on the head of the sin-offering and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned offering. ³⁰ And the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of its blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar. ³¹ And let all its fat be taken away, as the fat is taken away from the peace-offerings, and let it be burned on the altar by the priest for a sweet smell to the Lord; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness. ³² And if he gives a lamb as his sin-offering, let it be a female without any mark; ³³ And he is to put his hand on the head of the offering and put it to death for a sin-offering in the place where they put to death the burned offering. ³⁴ And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar; ³⁵ And let him take away all its fat, as the fat is taken away from the lamb of the peace-offerings; and let it be burned by the priest on the altar among the offerings made by fire to the Lord: and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.

5¹ And if anyone does wrong by saying nothing when he is put under oath as a witness of something he has seen or had knowledge of, then he will be responsible: ² If anyone becomes unclean through touching unconsciously some unclean thing, such as the dead body of an unclean beast or of unclean cattle or of any unclean animal which goes flat on the earth, he will be responsible: ³ Or if he becomes unclean through touching unconsciously any unclean thing of man, whatever it may be, when it is made clear to him he will be responsible: ⁴ Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things. ⁵ And whoever is responsible for any such sin, let him make a statement openly of his wrongdoing; ⁶ And take to the Lord the offering for the wrong which he has done, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away his sin.

⁷ And if he has not money enough for a lamb, then let him give, for his offering to the Lord, two doves or two young pigeons; one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering. ⁸ And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two; ⁹ And he is to put drops of the blood of the offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering. ¹⁰ And the second is for a burned offering, in agreement with the law; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness. ¹¹ But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering. ¹² And let him come to the priest with it, and the priest will take some of it in his hand, to be burned on the altar as a sign, among the offerings of the Lord made by fire: it is a sin-offering. ¹³ And the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness: and the rest of the offering will be the priest's, in the same way as the meal offering.

Trespass Offerings

¹⁴ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁵ If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place. ¹⁶ And he is to make payment to the priest for what he has done wrong in relation to the holy thing, together with a fifth part of its value in addition; and the priest will take away his sin by the sheep of his offering, and he will have forgiveness. ¹⁷ And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible. ¹⁸ Let him come to the priest with a sheep, a male without any mark out of the flock, of the value fixed by you, as an offering for his error; and the priest will take away the sin which he did in error, and he will have forgiveness. ¹⁹ It is an offering for his error: he is certainly responsible before the Lord. ²⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, ²¹ If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour, ²² Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things, ²³ Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance, ²⁴ Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong. ²⁵ Then let him take to the Lord the offering for his wrongdoing; giving to the priest for his offering, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you: ²⁶ And the priest will take away his sin from before the Lord, and he will have forgiveness for whatever crime he has done

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved: ³⁰ And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

³² Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near; ³³ Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors. ³⁴ Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

No Man Knoweth the Day and Hour

³⁶ But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only. ³⁷ And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. ³⁸ Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark, ³⁹ And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man. ⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go; ⁴¹ Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go. ⁴² Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

The Unfaithful Servant

⁴⁵ Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time? ⁴⁶ A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes. ⁴⁷ Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has. ⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; ⁴⁹ And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; ⁵⁰ The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge, ⁵¹ And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.