Leviticus 5:1 states that a person sins if he became a witness to an oath by seeing or just knowing about it and then does not tell it. It's pretty interesting how God takes the swearing of an oath very seriously. Verse 4 states that the person is guilty if he is unaware of having said such an oath.
Verse 2 talks about a person being unclean by touching some dead animals that could be plagued with diseases or something like that. You wouldn't want to touch a dead animal that's been rotting for days because it could be infested with so many germs and make you sick! Fungi act as decomposers, which break down dead plants and animals. They are poisonous for the normal, human body. It states that even if the person is unaware of this, he is still guilty!
Verse 6 states that these types of sins are trespassing against the Lord and needs a trespass offering. The sin offering has to be a female lamb or kid of the goats.
Verse 7 states if he can't bring one from the flock then he can bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One of the birds is used as a sin offering and the other is used as a burnt offering. Verse 10 mentions that the priest makes atonement on behalf of the sin committed.
Verse 11 states that if the person can't bring either then he is to bring one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. I don't know what an ephah is but okay. This time, the person isn't to put oil nor frankincense on it because it's a sin offering. Verse 12 states that the priest burns a portion of it on the altar for a memorial and the rest belongs to the priest for a grain offering. From remembering the last chapter, God seems to favor the grain offering the most by calling it the most holy offering!
Verse 15 states if the person commits these types of sins which is trespassing the Lord and sins unintentionally, then he needs to bring a ram without blemish from the flocks, along with shekels of silver. Verse 16 states that the silver is pretty much paying like a fine and then has to add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. The priest ends up making atonement for the sin and then he becomes forgiven.
Verse 17 summarizes that a person making an unintentionally sin is still guilty for having committed it. One of my friends asked me that if his dumb brother was sinning against God and doesn't know of it, then is God going to be more lenient? Looks like based on what I've been reading in the Bible so far, it comes down to if the friend's brother has confessed his sin and been forgiven of it.
Even with having erred while being ignorant, God states in verse 19, "It is a trespass offering; he has certainly trespassed against the Lord."
I now understand a little better from how I communicated my emotional justifications. It caused even more frustration with those church people who kicked me out of their congregation. I was like, "I'm not sure, tell me what it is, what I did." They would just start fuming whenever I talked like that and sense that I was ready to break down and cry or something. They would shout at me, "Go get help!" They were convinced that I was guilty of something and needed to receive this respective punishment. In all actuality, they were just under a state of predisposition and frustrated very heavily like I mentioned from the last post. It caused them to sin unrelentingly and ignore the values of the Holy Spirit their church was so heavy to emphasize on. They did it unintentionally, but based on what I've been reading; they are still guilty of having sinned and should confess it.
I think the New Testament states somewhere that even though believers err in sin, Jesus became like the ultimate sacrificial lamb and died to atone for the sins of the past, present, and the future. It looks like so far to me that as long as the Christian trusts in Jesus to be his or her Lord and Savior and continues to be changed and repents then he or she shall receive forgiveness of all sins that went unnoticed.
