Numbers 15:28
Good News Translation
At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify you from your sin, and you will be forgiven.

New Revised Standard Version
And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the one who commits an error, when it is unintentional, to make atonement for the person, who then shall be forgiven.

Contemporary English Version
The priest will then ask me to forgive you, and your sin will be forgiven.

New American Bible
And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the one who erred, since the sin was inadvertent, making atonement for the person to secure forgiveness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned ignorantly before the Lord: and he shall obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.

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And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned ignorantly before the Lord: and he shall obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:35 All the fat also he shall take off, as the fat of the ram that is offered for peace offerings is wont to be taken away: and shall burn it upon the altar, for a burnt sacrifice of the Lord. And he shall pray for him and his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

Context
Offerings for Unintentional Sins
27But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin. 28And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned ignorantly before the Lord: and he shall obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.29The same law shall be for all that sin by ignorance, whether they be natives or strangers.…
Cross References
Leviticus 4:2
Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done:

Leviticus 4:20
Doing so with this calf, as he did also with that before. And the priest praying for them, the Lord will be merciful unto them.

Leviticus 4:35
All the fat also he shall take off, as the fat of the ram that is offered for peace offerings is wont to be taken away: and shall burn it upon the altar, for a burnt sacrifice of the Lord. And he shall pray for him and his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 14:18
And upon his head.

Numbers 15:29
The same law shall be for all that sin by ignorance, whether they be natives or strangers.

Numbers 15:27
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