(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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
‘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)
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)
‘“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,
(NIV)
and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.
or the
sin which he has
committed is made
known to him, he shall
bring as his
offering a
goat, a
male without blemish,
(NIV)
He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
And
all its
fat he shall
burn on the
altar, like the
fat of the
sacrifice of
peace offerings. So the
priest shall
make atonement for him for his
sin, and
he shall be
forgiven.
(NIV)
‘“If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the
Lord’s commands, when they realise their guilt
“
If anyone of the
common people sins unintentionally in
doing any
one of the things that by the
Lord’s commandments ought
not to be
done, and realizes his
guilt,
(NIV)
and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect.
or the
sin which he has
committed is made
known to him, he shall
bring for his
offering a
goat, a
female without blemish, for his
sin which he has
committed.
(NIV)
They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the
Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
And
all its
fat he shall
remove as the
fat of the
lamb is
removed from the
sacrifice of
peace offerings, and the
priest shall
burn it on the
altar, on top of the
Lord’s food offerings.
And the
priest shall
make atonement for him for the
sin which he has
committed, and
he shall be
forgiven.
(NIV)
‘“If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.
“If
anyone sins in that he
hears a
public adjuration to testify, and though
he is a
witness,
whether he has
seen or come to
know the matter, yet does
not speak, he shall
bear his iniquity;
(NIV)
when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.
when he
realizes his
guilt in
any of these and
confesses the
sin he has committed,
(NIV)
As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the
Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.
he shall
bring to the
Lord as his
compensation for the
sin that he has
committed, a
female from the
flock, a
lamb or a
goat, for a
sin offering. And the
priest shall
make atonement for him for
his sin.
(NIV)
‘“Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the
Lord as a penalty for their sin – one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
“But
if he
cannot afford a
lamb, then he shall
bring to the
Lord as his
compensation for the
sin that he has
committed two turtledoves or
two pigeons,
one for a
sin offering and the
other for a
burnt offering.
(NIV)
The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
Then he shall
offer the
second for a
burnt offering according to the
rule.
And the
priest shall
make atonement for him for the
sin that he has
committed, and
he shall be
forgiven.
(NIV)
‘“If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering.
“But
if he
cannot afford two turtledoves or
two pigeons, then he shall
bring as his
offering for the sin
that he has
committed a
tenth of an
ephah of
fine flour for a
sin offering. He shall
put no
oil on it and shall
put no
frankincense on it, for
it is a
sin offering.
(NIV)
In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.”’
Thus the
priest shall
make atonement for him for the
sin which he has
committed in any
one of these things, and he shall be
forgiven. And the remainder shall
be for the
priest, as in the
grain offering.”
(NIV)
‘When anyone is unfaithful to the
Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the
Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the
Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.
“If
anyone commits a breach of
faith and
sins unintentionally in any of the
holy things of the
Lord,
he shall
bring to the
Lord as his
compensation, a
ram without blemish out
of the
flock,
valued in
silver shekels, according to the
shekel of the
sanctuary, for a
guilt offering.
(NIV)
They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value 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.
He shall also
make restitution for
what he has
done amiss in the
holy thing and shall
add a
fifth to it and
give it to the
priest.
And the priest shall
make atonement for him
with the
ram of the
guilt offering, and
he shall be
forgiven.
(NIV)
‘If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the
Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.
“
If anyone sins,
doing any of the things that by the
Lord’s commandments ought
not to be
done,
though he did
not know it, then realizes his
guilt, he shall
bear his iniquity.
(NIV)
‘If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the
Lord by deceiving a neighbour about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbour,
“If
anyone sins and
commits a breach of
faith against the
Lord by
deceiving his
neighbor in a matter of
deposit or
security, or through
robbery,
or if he has
oppressed his neighbor
(NIV)
or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit –
or has
found something lost and
lied about it,
swearing falsely—in
any of all the things that
people do and
sin thereby—
(NIV)
when they sin in any of these ways and realise their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,
if he has
sinned and has realized his
guilt and will
restore what he
took by
robbery or
what he
got by oppression
or the
deposit that was
committed to him
or the
lost thing that he
found
(NIV)
The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary area, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
The
priest who
offers it for sin shall
eat it. In a
holy place it shall be
eaten, in the
court of the
tent of
meeting.
(NIV)
Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.
And he
killed it, and
Moses took the
blood, and with his
finger put it
on the
horns of the
altar around it and
purified the
altar and
poured out the
blood at the
base of the
altar and
consecrated it to
make atonement for it.
(NIV)
Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.
Then he
presented the
people’s offering and
took the
goat of the
sin offering that was for the
people and
killed it and offered it as a
sin offering,
like the
first one.
(NIV)
Aaron replied to Moses, ‘Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering before the
Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the
Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?’
And
Aaron said to Moses, “
Behold,
today they have
offered their
sin offering and their
burnt offering
before the
Lord, and yet such things as
these have
happened to me! If I had
eaten the sin offering
today,
would the
Lord have
approved?”
(NIV)
To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.
And for the
cleansing of the
house he shall
take two small
birds, with
cedarwood and
scarlet yarn and
hyssop,
(NIV)
He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn.
Thus he shall
cleanse the
house with the
blood of the
bird and with the
fresh water and with the
live bird and with the
cedarwood and
hyssop and
scarlet yarn.
(NIV)
In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Thus he shall
make atonement for the
Holy Place, because of the
uncleannesses of the
people of
Israel and because of their
transgressions,
all their
sins. And so he shall
do for the
tent of
meeting, which
dwells with them in the
midst of
their uncleannesses.
(NIV)
He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites – all their sins – and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task.
And
Aaron shall
lay both his
hands on the
head of the
live goat, and
confess over it
all the
iniquities of the
people of
Israel, and
all their
transgressions,
all their
sins. And he shall
put them
on the
head of the
goat and
send it away into the
wilderness by the
hand of a
man who is in
readiness.
(NIV)
because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the
Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.
For on this
day shall
atonement be made for you
to cleanse you. You shall be
clean before the
Lord from
all your
sins.
(NIV)
‘This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.’
And it was done, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
And this shall
be a
statute forever for you, that
atonement may be made for the
people of
Israel once in the
year because of
all their
sins.” And Aaron
did as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(NIV)
With the ram of the guilt offering the priest is to make atonement for him before the
Lord for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.
And the
priest shall
make atonement for him with the
ram of the
guilt offering before the
Lord for his
sin that he has
committed, and he shall be
forgiven for the
sin that he has
committed.
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