4 ‘Or if a person1 swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips ato do evil or bto do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
5 ‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall aconfess that he has sinned in that thing;
6 and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
7a‘If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord, for his trespass which he has committed, two bturtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
8 And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and awring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it1 completely.
9 Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the arest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
10 And he shall offer the second as a burnt offering according to the aprescribed manner. So bthe priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
11 ‘But if he is anot able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. bHe shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
12 Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it aas a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar baccording to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering.
His trespass - offering - But how comes confession and a sacrifice to be necessary for him that touched an unclean thing, when such persons were cleansed with simple washing, as appears from Leviticus 11:25, Leviticus 11:28, Leviticus 11:32, Leviticus 11:40, Leviticus 11:43, and Numbers 19:7-8, Numbers 19:10, Numbers 19:19? This place speaks of him that being so unclean did come into the tabernacle, as may be gathered by comparing this place with Numbers 19:13, which if any man did, knowing himself to be unclean, which was the case there, he was to be cut off for it; and if he did it ignorantly, which is the case here, he was upon discovery of it to offer this sacrifice.
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