SCRIPTURE: LEVITICUS 5
Rules to follow: (vs. 1-13)
a. A person who has seen or learned something but does not speak up during a charge will be held responsible.
b. A person who touches anything ceremonially unclean – whether the carcaes of unclean wild animal, livestock or creature has become unclean even if he is unaware of it, he is still guilty.
c. A person who touches anything unclean would make him unclean even if he is unaware of it. When he learn of it, he will be guilty.
d. A person who thoughtlessly take an oath and swear about to do anything whether good or evil is guilty even though he is unaware of it.
e. Anyone who is guilty must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering for the priest to make atonement for his sins.
f. Those who cannot afford a lamb may bring 2 doves and 2 young pigeons – one for sin offering and the other from burnt offering.
g. Those who cannot afford 2 doves or 2 young pigeons are to bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for sin offering. He is to bring it to the priest and burn a portion on the altar of top of the offerings.
THE GUILT OFFERING (vs. 14-19)
AS person who violates or commits sins unintentionally in regard to the Lord’s holy things, he has to make guilt offering by bringing as penalty a ram without defect from the flock and of proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. He must make restitution for what he has failed to do in regard to the holy things, add a fifth of the value to that and give it to the priest to make atonement for him with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven..
A person who sins without knowing it, he is guilty and will be held responsible. He has to bring a ram without defect and of the proper value and bring it to the priest to make atonement for him for he has been guilty of wrongdoing against the Lord.
THOUGHTS:
Our sins may be unintentional and we may be ignorant about them. But once we know, we must come to God for cleansing. We must be willing to humble ourselves and confess our sins to seek forgiveness.