¹ 耶和华对摩西说：

² 你晓谕以色列人说：若有人在耶和华所吩咐不可行的甚麽事上误犯了一件，

³ 或是受膏的祭司犯罪，使百姓陷在罪里，就当为他所犯的罪把没有残疾的公牛犊献给耶和华为赎罪祭。

⁴ 他要牵公牛到会幕门口，在耶和华面前按手在牛的头上，把牛宰於耶和华面前。

⁵ 受膏的祭司要取些公牛的血带到会幕，

⁶ 把指头蘸於血中，在耶和华面前对着圣所的幔子弹血七次，

⁷ 又要把些血抹在会幕内、耶和华面前香坛的四角上，再把公牛所有的血倒在会幕门口、燔祭坛的脚那里。

⁸ 要把赎罪祭公牛所有的脂油，乃是盖脏的脂油和脏上所有的脂油，

⁹ 并两个腰子和腰子上的脂油，就是靠腰两旁的脂油，与肝上的网子和腰子，一概取下，

¹⁰ 与平安祭公牛上所取的一样；祭司要把这些烧在燔祭的坛上。

¹¹ 公牛的皮和所有的肉，并头、腿、脏、腑、粪，

¹² 就是全公牛，要搬到营外洁净之地、倒灰之所，用火烧在柴上。

¹³ 以色列全会众若行了耶和华所吩咐不可行的甚麽事，误犯了罪，是隐而未现，会众看不出来的，

¹⁴ 会众一知道所犯的罪就要献一只公牛犊为赎罪祭，牵到会幕前。

¹⁵ 会中的长老就要在耶和华面前按手在牛的头上，将牛在耶和华面前宰了。

¹⁶ 受膏的祭司要取些公牛的血带到会幕，

¹⁷ 把指头蘸於血中，在耶和华面前对着幔子弹血七次，

¹⁸ 又要把些血抹在会幕内、耶和华面前坛的四角上，再把所有的血倒在会幕门口、燔祭坛的脚那里。

¹⁹ 把牛所有的脂油都取下，烧在坛上；

²⁰ 收拾这牛，与那赎罪祭的牛一样。祭司要为他们赎罪，他们必蒙赦免。

²¹ 他要把牛搬到营外烧了，像烧头一个牛一样；这是会众的赎罪祭。

²² 官长若行了耶和华─他神所吩咐不可行的甚麽事，误犯了罪，

²³ 所犯的罪自己知道了，就要牵一只没有残疾的公山羊为供物，

²⁴ 按手在羊的头上，宰於耶和华面前、宰燔祭牲的地方；这是赎罪祭。

²⁵ 祭司要用指头蘸些赎罪祭牲的血，抹在燔祭坛的四角上，把血倒在燔祭坛的脚那里。

²⁶ 所有的脂油，祭司都要烧在坛上，正如平安祭的脂油一样。至於他的罪，祭司要为他赎了，他必蒙赦免。

²⁷ 民中若有人行了耶和华所吩咐不可行的甚麽事，误犯了罪，

²⁸ 所犯的罪自己知道了，就要为所犯的罪牵一只没有残疾的母山羊为供物，

²⁹ 按手在赎罪祭牲的头上，在那宰燔祭牲的地方宰了。

³⁰ 祭司要用指头蘸些羊的血，抹在燔祭坛的四角上，所有的血都要倒在坛的脚那里，

³¹ 又要把羊所有的脂油都取下，正如取平安祭牲的脂油一样。祭司要在坛上焚烧，在耶和华面前作为馨香的祭，为他赎罪，他必蒙赦免。

³² 人若牵一只绵羊羔为赎罪祭的供物，必要牵一只没有残疾的母羊，

³³ 按手在赎罪祭牲的头上，在那宰燔祭牲的地方宰了作赎罪祭。

³⁴ 祭司要用指头蘸些赎罪祭牲的血，抹在燔祭坛的四角上，所有的血都要倒在坛的脚那里，

³⁵ 又要把所有的脂油都取下，正如取平安祭羊羔的脂油一样。祭司要按献给耶和华火祭的条例，烧在坛上。至於所犯的罪，祭司要为他赎了，他必蒙赦免。

⁴ 他要按手在燔祭牲的头上，燔祭便蒙悦纳，为他赎罪。

¹ Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

³ and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

⁴ Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

⁵ I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

⁷ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

⁸ He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

¹⁰ He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

¹² Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

¹³ Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

¹⁷ Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

¹⁸ since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹⁹ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

²⁰ Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

²¹ I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

³³ Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.