15 (A)If a person acts unfaithfully and sins (B)unintentionally against the Lord’s holy things, then he shall bring his (C)guilt offering to the Lord: (D)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in terms of the (E)shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 (F)He shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. (G)The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

17 “Now if a person sins and does any of the things [a]which the Lord has commanded not to be done, (H)though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

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  1. Leviticus 5:17 Lit the commands of the Lord which are

15 “When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally(A) in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty(B) a ram(C) from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.[a](D) It is a guilt offering.(E) 16 They must make restitution(F) for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value(G) and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.

17 “If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it,(H) they are guilty and will be held responsible.(I)

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  1. Leviticus 5:15 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams