Propitiation for inadvertent transgressions(a) Numbers 15:22 committed by the congregation as a whole; (b) Numbers 15:27 by individuals. To these is added the provision that deliberate transgressions cannot be atoned for (Numbers 15:30). Another set of laws relating to inadvertent transgressions, apparently dating from a different period, is found in Leviticus 4; Leviticus 5; it is more elaborate, dealing with fourclasses of persons the high priest, the congregation, a prince, and a private individual.

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