25. “ ‘The priest will remove that sin for all the Israelites so they will belong to the Lord. They are forgiven, because they didn’t know they were sinning. For the wrong they did they brought offerings to the Lord, an offering by fire and a sin offering.
26. So all of the people of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven. No one meant to do wrong.
27. “ ‘If just one person sins without meaning to, a year-old female goat must be brought for a sin offering.
28. The priest will remove the sin of the person who sinned accidentally. He will remove it before the Lord, and the person will be forgiven.
29. The same teaching is for everyone who sins accidentally—for those born Israelites and for foreigners living among you.
30. “ ‘But anyone who sins on purpose is against the Lord and must be cut off from the people, whether it is someone born among you or a foreigner.
31. That person has turned against the Lord’s word and has not obeyed his commands. Such a person must surely be cut off from the others. He is guilty.’ ”
32. When the Israelites were still in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
33. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and all the people.
34. They held the man under guard, because they did not know what to do with him.