Other reasons for sin offerings
1 Someone may have seen something happen, or they may know about it. A judge may command people to say anything that they know about what happened. If the person refuses to tell what he knows about it, he is guilty of a sin. He deserves punishment.
2 Someone may touch something that is unclean. It may be the dead body of a wild animal or a farm animal that is not clean. Or he may touch the dead body of an unclean animal that moves near to the ground. Even if the person does not realize what he has done, he has made himself unclean. He is guilty of a sin.
3 Someone may touch something that comes out from another person and it is unclean. The person may not know that he has touched it, but later he realizes what he has done. He is guilty of a sin.
5:3This could be something like human dung.
4 Someone may not think carefully before he makes a promise. He may promise to do something that is good or something that is bad. Even if he does not know that he has made a careless promise, he is guilty when he realizes what he has done.
5 If someone becomes guilty for any of these reasons, he must say clearly that he has done a wrong thing. 6 He must bring a female sheep or a female goat for his sin offering. That will be the price to pay for his sin. The priest will offer the animal to the Lord as a sin offering. The Lord will accept the animal's death to pay for the person's sin.
