“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which YHWH has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,
But the high priest alone enters the second tabernacle once in the year, and not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people committed in ignorance.
But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the rod in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. Then he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
“‘If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which YHWH has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”
Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.