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Leviticus 5:1-9 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. If you refuse to testify in court about something you saw or know has happened, you have sinned and can be punished.

2. You are guilty and unfit to worship me, if you accidentally touch the dead body of any kind of unclean animal.

3. You are guilty if you find out that you have accidentally touched any waste that comes from a human body.

4. You are guilty the moment you realize that you have made a hasty promise to do something good or bad.

5. As soon as you discover that you have committed any of these sins, you must confess what you have done.

6. Then you must bring a female sheep or goat to me as the price for your sin. A priest will sacrifice the animal, and you will be forgiven.

7. If you are poor and cannot afford to bring an animal, you may bring two doves or two pigeons. One of these will be a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness, and the other will be a sacrifice to please me.

8. Give both birds to the priest, who will offer one as a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness. He will wring its neck without tearing off its head,

9. splatter some of its blood on one side of the bronze altar, and drain out the rest at the foot of the altar.

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