Rules about guilt offerings
14 The Lord said to Moses,
15 ‘Someone may not obey the rules about the Lord's holy things. He may not realize that he has done anything wrong, but he is guilty of a sin. He must bring a perfect male sheep as a guilt offering to the Lord, to pay for his sin. You must decide the value of the sheep in shekels of silver that they use in the holy place. 16 The person must also give money to pay for the holy thing which he spoiled. He must add one fifth more to its value. He must give the sheep and the money to the priest. The priest will offer the sheep as a guilt offering to make the person clean from their sin. God will forgive the person when the priest does this.
17 Someone may fail to obey one of the Lord's commands. Even if he does not know that he has done this, he is guilty of a sin. He deserves punishment. 18 When he realizes what he has done, he must bring a perfect male sheep to the priest. That will be his guilt offering. You must decide the value of the sheep in shekels of silver that they use in the holy place. The priest will offer the sheep to the Lord to make the person clean from his mistake. He did a wrong thing but he did not realize it at the time. God will forgive the person when the priest does this. 19 The sheep is a guilt offering for that person. The person is guilty of a sin against the Lord.’
Leviticus 6
Guilt offerings for people who deceive others
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 ‘Someone may cheat another person, which is a sin against the Lord. He may deceive other people in different ways. He may keep something that belongs to them. It may be something that they have given to him to take care of. He may have robbed them. He may cheat them in other ways. 3 He may find something that another person has lost but he keeps it for himself. He may tell lies about it. He may say that he does not have it. He may deceive people in other ways that people do.
4 When someone does any of these sins, he is guilty. He must give back everything that he has taken from other people. He may have cheated other people. He may have kept something that belongs to them. He may have found something that they have lost. 5 He may have told lies about something so that he keeps it for himself. On the day when he knows that he is guilty, he must give back everything to the proper owner. He must also add one fifth more to its value. 6 He must bring a perfect male sheep as his guilt offering to the Lord. You must decide its value in shekels of silver. He must give this guilt offering to the priest. 7 The priest will offer the sheep to the Lord to make the person clean from his sin. Whatever sin the person has done to make him guilty, God will forgive him when the priest does this.’
