24. Suppose the community sins without meaning to. And suppose they do not know they have sinned. Then the whole community must offer a young bull. They must offer it for a burnt offering. It will give a smell that is pleasant to the Lord. Along with it, they must offer its required grain offering and drink offering. They must also offer a male goat for a sin offering.
25. " 'With it the priest will pay for the sin of the whole community of Israel. Then they will be forgiven. They did not mean to commit that sin. And they have brought to the Lord an offering that is made with fire for the wrong thing they did. They have brought a sin offering with it.
26. " 'The Lord will forgive the whole community of Israel and the outsiders living among them. All of the people had a part in the sin, even though they did not mean to do it.
27. " 'But suppose just one person sins without meaning to. Then he must bring a female goat for a sin offering. It must be a year old.
28. With it the priest will pay for the person's sin in the sight of the Lord. He will do it for the one who did wrong by sinning without meaning to. When the sin is paid for, that person will be forgiven.
29. " 'The same law applies to everyone who sins without meaning to. It does not matter whether he is an Israelite or an outsider.
30. " 'But suppose someone sins on purpose. It does not matter whether he is an Israelite or an outsider. He speaks evil things against the Lord. He must be cut off from his people.
31. He has made fun of what the Lord has said. He has broken the Lord's commands. He must certainly be cut off. He is still guilty.' "
32. The people of Israel were in the desert. One Sabbath day, people saw a man gathering wood.
33. They brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community.
34. They kept him under guard. It wasn't clear what should be done to him.
35. Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole community must kill him by throwing stones at him. They must do it outside the camp."
36. So the people took the man outside the camp. There they killed him by throwing stones at him. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
37. The Lord said to Moses,
38. "Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, 'You must make tassels on the corners of your clothes. A blue cord must be on each tassel. You must do it for all time to come.
39. You will have the tassels to look at. They will remind you to obey all of the Lord's commands. Then you will be faithful to him. You will not go after what your own hearts and eyes long for.
40. " 'You will remember to obey all of my commands. And you will be set apart for your God.