(NIV)
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’
If you do
well, will you not be
accepted? And
if you do
not do
well,
sin is
crouching at the
door.
Its
desire is contrary to
you, but you must
rule over
it.”
(NIV)
Cain said to the
Lord, ‘My punishment is more than I can bear.
Cain said to the
Lord, “My
punishment is
greater than I can
bear.
(NIV)
The
Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
The
Lord saw that the
wickedness of
man was
great in the
earth, and that
every intention of the
thoughts of his
heart was
only evil continually.
(NIV)
Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the
Lord.
Now the
men of
Sodom were
wicked,
great sinners against the
Lord.
(NIV)
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’
And they shall come
back here in the
fourth generation, for the
iniquity of the
Amorites is not
yet complete.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
Then the
Lord said, “Because the
outcry against
Sodom and
Gomorrah is
great and their
sin is
very grave,
(NIV)
With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, ‘Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.’
As morning dawned, the
angels urged Lot,
saying, “
Up!
Take your
wife and your
two daughters who are
here,
lest you be
swept away in the
punishment of the
city.”
(NIV)
Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Then
God said to him in the
dream, “
Yes,
I know that you have
done this in the
integrity of your
heart, and it was I who
kept you from
sinning against me. Therefore I did
not let you
touch her.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, ‘What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’
Then
Abimelech called Abraham and
said to him, “What have you
done to us? And how have I
sinned against you, that you have
brought on me and my
kingdom a
great sin? You have
done to me things that ought not to be
done.”
(NIV)
Then Abimelek said, ‘What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.’
Abimelech said, “
What is
this you have
done to us?
One of the
people might easily have
lain with your
wife, and
you would have
brought guilt upon us.”
(NIV)
Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. ‘What is my crime?’ he asked Laban. ‘How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?
Then
Jacob became
angry and
berated Laban.
Jacob said to
Laban, “
What is my
offense?
What is my
sin,
that you have
hotly pursued me?
(NIV)
I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night.
What was
torn by wild beasts I did
not bring to you.
I bore the
loss of it myself.
From my
hand you
required it, whether
stolen by
day or
stolen by
night.
(NIV)
Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter – a thing that should not be done.
The
sons of
Jacob had
come in from the
field as soon as they
heard of it, and the
men were
indignant and
very angry,
because he had
done an
outrageous thing in
Israel by
lying with
Jacob’s daughter,
for such a
thing must
not be
done.
(NIV)
No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?’
He is
not greater in this
house than I am,
nor has he
kept back anything from me
except you,
because you are his
wife. How then can I
do this
great wickedness and
sin against
God?”
(NIV)
Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Some time
after this, the
cupbearer of the
king of
Egypt and his
baker committed an offense against their
lord the
king of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, ‘Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.
Then the
chief cupbearer said to
Pharaoh, “
I remember my
offenses today.
(NIV)
Reuben replied, ‘Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.’
And
Reuben answered them, “Did
I not tell you not to
sin against the
boy? But you did
not listen.
So now there comes a
reckoning for his
blood.”
(NIV)
I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
I will be a
pledge of his safety. From my
hand you shall
require him.
If I do
not bring him
back to you and
set him
before you, then let me bear the
blame forever.
(NIV)
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, ‘Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, “Why have you repaid good with evil?
They had
gone only a
short distance from the
city. Now
Joseph said to his
steward, “
Up,
follow after the
men, and when you
overtake them,
say to them, ‘
Why have you
repaid evil for
good?
(NIV)
‘What can we say to my lord?’ Judah replied. ‘What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves – we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.’
And
Judah said, “
What shall we
say to my
lord?
What shall we
speak? Or
how can we
clear ourselves?
God has
found out the
guilt of your
servants;
behold, we are my
lord’s servants, both we and he
also in
whose hand the
cup has been
found.”
(NIV)
If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my grey head down to the grave in misery.”
If you
take this
one also from me,
and
harm happens
to him, you will bring
down my
gray hairs in
evil to
Sheol.’
(NIV)
Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, “If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!”
For your
servant became a pledge of
safety for the
boy to my
father,
saying,
‘
If I do
not bring him back
to you, then I shall bear the
blame before my
father all my
life.’
(NIV)
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?’
When
Joseph’s brothers saw that their
father was
dead, they
said, “It may
be that
Joseph will
hate us and
pay us
back for
all the
evil that we
did to
him.”
(NIV)
“This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.” Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.’ When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
‘
Say to
Joseph, “
Please forgive the
transgression of your
brothers and their
sin,
because they
did evil to you.”’ And
now,
please forgive the
transgression of the
servants of the
God of your
father.”
Joseph wept when
they spoke to him.
(NIV)
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
As for
you, you
meant evil against me, but
God meant it for
good,
to bring it
about that
many people should be kept
alive, as
they are
today.
(NIV)
Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, “Make bricks!” Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.’
No
straw is
given to your
servants, yet they
say to us, ‘
Make bricks!’ And behold, your
servants are
beaten; but the
fault is in
your own
people.”
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. ‘This time I have sinned,’ he said to them. ‘The
Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Then
Pharaoh sent and
called Moses and
Aaron and
said to them, “This
time I have
sinned; the
Lord is in the
right, and
I and my
people are in the
wrong.
(NIV)
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: he and his officials hardened their hearts.
But when
Pharaoh saw that the
rain and the
hail and the
thunder had
ceased, he
sinned yet
again and
hardened his
heart,
he and
his servants.
(NIV)
Pharaoh said, ‘The
Lord be with you – if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.
But he
said to them, “
The Lord be with you,
if ever I let you and your
little ones go!
Look, you have some
evil purpose in
mind.
(NIV)
Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, ‘I have sinned against the
Lord your God and against you.
Then
Pharaoh hastily called Moses and
Aaron and
said,
“I have
sinned against the
Lord your God, and against
you.
(NIV)
Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the
Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.’
Now therefore,
forgive my
sin,
please,
only this
once, and
plead with the
Lord your
God only to
remove this death from me.”
(NIV)
The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.
They
set out from
Elim, and
all the
congregation of the
people of
Israel came to the
wilderness of
Sin,
which is
between Elim and
Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the
second month after they had
departed from the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, travelling from place to place as the
Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
All the
congregation of the
people of
Israel moved on from the
wilderness of
Sin by
stages, according to the
commandment of the
Lord, and
camped at
Rephidim, but there was
no water for the
people to
drink.
(NIV)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the
Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
You shall
not bow down to them or
serve them, for
I the
Lord your
God am a
jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children to the
third and the
fourth generation of those who
hate me,
(NIV)
Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.’
Moses said to the
people, “Do not
fear, for
God has
come to test you, that the
fear of him may be
before you, that you may
not sin.”
(NIV)
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, “This is mine,” both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.
For every breach of
trust, whether it is
for an
ox,
for a
donkey,
for a
sheep,
for a
cloak, or
for any
kind of
lost thing, of
which one
says, ‘
This is
it,’ the
case of
both parties shall
come before God. The one whom
God condemns shall
pay double to
his neighbor.
(NIV)
‘Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
You shall
not fall in
with the
many to do
evil,
nor shall you
bear witness in a
lawsuit,
siding with the
many, so as to
pervert justice,
(NIV)
Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
Pay
careful attention to him and
obey his
voice;
do
not rebel against him,
for he will
not pardon your
transgression, for my
name is
in him.
(NIV)
Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.’
They shall
not dwell in your
land,
lest they make you
sin against me;
for if you
serve their
gods,
it will surely
be a
snare to you.”
(NIV)
It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts the Israelites consecrate, whatever their gifts may be. It will be on Aaron’s forehead continually so that they will be acceptable to the Lord.
It shall
be on Aaron’s forehead, and
Aaron shall
bear any
guilt from the
holy things that the
people of
Israel consecrate as their
holy gifts. It shall
regularly be on his
forehead, that they may be
accepted before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die.
‘This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.
and they shall
be on Aaron and
on his
sons when they go
into the
tent of
meeting or when they come
near the
altar to
minister in the
Holy Place,
lest they
bear guilt and
die.
This shall be a
statute forever for him and for his
offspring after him.
(NIV)
But burn the bull’s flesh and its hide and its intestines outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
But the
flesh of the
bull and its
skin and its
dung you shall
burn with
fire outside the
camp;
it is a
sin offering.
(NIV)
Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
and every
day you shall
offer a
bull as a
sin offering for
atonement. Also you shall
purify the
altar, when you
make atonement for it, and shall
anoint it to
consecrate it.
(NIV)
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the
Lord.’
Aaron shall
make atonement on its
horns once a
year. With the
blood of the
sin offering of
atonement he shall
make atonement for it
once in the
year throughout your
generations. It is
most holy to the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Why should the Egyptians say, “It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people.
Why should the
Egyptians say, ‘
With evil intent did he
bring them out, to
kill them in the
mountains and to
consume them
from the
face of the
earth’?
Turn from your
burning anger and
relent from this
disaster against
your people.
(NIV)
He said to Aaron, ‘What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?’
And
Moses said to Aaron,
“
What did
this people do to you
that you have
brought such a
great sin upon them?”
(NIV)
The next day Moses said to the people, ‘You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the
Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.’
The
next day Moses said to the
people,
“
You have
sinned a
great sin. And
now I will
go up to the
Lord;
perhaps I can
make atonement for your sin.”
(NIV)
So Moses went back to the
Lord and said, ‘Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.
So
Moses returned to the
Lord and
said, “
Alas,
this
people has
sinned a
great sin. They have
made for themselves
gods of
gold.
(NIV)
But now, please forgive their sin – but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.’
But
now,
if you will
forgive their
sin—but
if not,
please blot me
out of your
book that you have
written.”
(NIV)
The
Lord replied to Moses, ‘Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.
But the
Lord said to Moses,
“
Whoever has
sinned against me, I will
blot out of
my book.
(NIV)
Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.’
But
now go,
lead the
people to the
place about
which I have
spoken to you;
behold, my
angel shall
go before you. Nevertheless, in the
day when I
visit, I will
visit their sin upon them.”
(NIV)
maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’
keeping steadfast love for
thousands,
forgiving iniquity and
transgression and
sin, but who will by
no means clear the
guilty,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children and the
children’s children,
to the
third and the
fourth generation.”
(NIV)
‘Lord,’ he said, ‘if I have found favour in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.’
And he
said, “
If now I have
found favor in your
sight, O
Lord,
please let the
Lord go in the
midst of us, for it is a
stiff-necked people, and
pardon our
iniquity and our
sin, and take us for your
inheritance.”
(NIV)
‘Say to the Israelites: “When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the
Lord’s commands –
“
Speak to the
people of
Israel,
saying,
If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the
Lord’s commandments about things
not to be
done, and
does any one of
them,
(NIV)
‘“If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the
Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
if it is the
anointed priest who
sins, thus bringing
guilt on the
people, then he shall
offer for the
sin that he has
committed a
bull from the
herd without blemish to the
Lord for a
sin offering.
(NIV)
He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering – all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,
And
all the
fat of the
bull of the
sin offering he shall
remove from it, the
fat that
covers the
entrails and
all the
fat that is
on the
entrails
(NIV)
and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting.
when the
sin which they have
committed becomes
known, the
assembly shall
offer a
bull from the
herd for a
sin offering and
bring it in
front of the
tent of
meeting.
(NIV)
and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven.
Thus shall he
do with the
bull. As he
did with the
bull of the
sin offering, so shall he
do with this. And the
priest shall
make atonement for
them, and they shall be
forgiven.
(NIV)
Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.
And he shall
carry the
bull outside the
camp and burn it
up as he
burned the
first bull;
it is the
sin offering for the
assembly.
(NIV)
‘“When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the
Lord his God, when he realises his guilt
“When a
leader sins,
doing unintentionally any
one of
all the things that by the
commandments of the
Lord his
God ought
not to be
done, and realizes his
guilt,
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