6. The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD! The LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

7. keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and SIN; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."

20. Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the SIN offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.

21. He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the SIN offering for the assembly.

22. "'When a ruler SINs, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;

23. if his SIN, in which he has SINned, is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without defect.

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. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

26. All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his SIN, and he will be forgiven.

27. "'If anyone of the common people SINs unwittingly, in doing any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;

28. if his SIN, which he has SINned, is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his SIN which he has SINned.

29. He shall lay his hand on the head of the SIN offering, and kill the SIN offering in the place of burnt offering.

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

31. All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to The LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

32. "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a SIN offering, he shall bring a female without defect.

33. He shall lay his hand on the head of the SIN offering, and kill it for a SIN offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

34. 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 its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

35. All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of the LORD made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his SIN that he has SINned, and he will be forgiven.

4. "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

5. It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has SINned:

6. and he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his SIN which he has SINned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a SIN offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his SIN.

7. "'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has SINned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to The LORD; one for a SIN offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

8. He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the SIN offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.

9. 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. He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his SIN which he has SINned, and he shall be forgiven.

11. "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has SINned, one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a SIN offering. He shall put no oil on it, and he shall not put any frankincense on it, for it is a SIN offering.

12. He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of the LORD made by fire. It is a SIN offering.

13. The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his SIN that he has SINned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven; and the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.'"

18. 'The LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'

19. Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

20. The LORD said, "I have pardoned according to your word:

The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to The LORD, and their SIN offering before The LORD, for their error.