¹ 누구든지 증인이 되어 맹세시키는 소리를 듣고도 그 본 일이나 아는 일을 진술치 아니하면 죄가 있나니 그 허물이 그에게로 돌아갈 것이요

² 누구든지 부정한 들짐승의 사체나, 부정한 가축의 사체나, 부정한 곤충의 사체들, 무릇 부정한 것을 만졌으면 부지중에라 할지라도 그 몸이 더러워져서 허물이 있을 것이요

³ 혹시 부지중에 사람의 부정에 다닥쳤는데 그 사람의 부정이 어떠한 부정이든지 그것을 깨달을 때에는 허물이 있을 것이요

⁴ 혹 누구든지 무심중에 입으로 맹세를 발하여 악을 하리라 하든지, 선을 하리라 하면 그 사람의 무심중에 맹세를 발하여 말한 것이 어떠한 일이든지 깨닫지 못하다가 그것을 깨달을 때에는 그 중 하나에 허물이 있을 것이니

⁵ 이 중 하나에 허물이 있을 때에는 아무 일에 범과하였노라 자복하고

⁶ 그 범과를 인하여 여호와께 속건제를 드리되 양떼의 암컷 어린 양이나 염소를 끌어다가 속죄제를 드릴 것이요 제사장은 그의 허물을 위하여 속죄할지니라 !

⁷ 만일 힘이 어린 양에 미치지 못하거든 그 범과를 속하기 위하여 산비둘기 둘이나 집비둘기 새끼 둘을 여호와께로 가져 가되 하나는 속죄제물을 삼고, 하나는 번제물을 삼아

⁸ 제사장에게로 가져 갈 것이요, 제사장은 그 속죄 제물을 먼저 드리되 그 머리를 목에서 비틀어 끊고 몸은 아주 쪼개지 말며

⁹ 그 속죄 제물의 피를 단 곁에 뿌리고 그 남은 피는 단 밑에 흘릴지니 이는 속죄제요

¹⁰ 그 다음 것은 규례대로 번제를 드릴지니 제사장이 그의 범과를 위하여 속한즉 그가 사함을 얻으리라 !

¹¹ 만일 힘이 산비둘기 둘이나 집비둘기 둘에도 미치지 못하거든 그 범과를 인하여 고운 가루 에바 십분 일을 예물로 가져다가 속죄 제물로 드리되 이는 속죄제인즉 그 위에 기름을 붓지 말며 유향을 놓지 말고

¹² 그것을 제사장에게로 가져갈 것이요, 제사장은 그것을 기념물로 한 움큼을 취하여 단 위 여호와의 화제물 위에 불사를지니 이는 속죄제라

¹³ 제사장이 그가 이 중에 하나를 범하여 얻은 허물을 위하여 속한즉 그가 사함을 얻으리라 ! 그 나머지는 소제물같이 제사장에게 돌릴지니라 !

¹⁴ 여호와께서 모세에게 일러 가라사대

¹⁵ 누구든지 여호와의 성물에 대하여 그릇 범과하였거든 여호와께 속건제를 드리되 너의 지정한 가치를 따라 성소의 세겔로 몇 세겔 은에 상당한 흠 없는 수양을 떼 중에서 끌어다가 속건제로 드려서

¹⁶ 성물에 대한 범과를 갚되 그것에 오분 일을 더하여 제사장에게 줄 것이요 제사장은 그 속건제의 수양으로 그를 위하여 속한즉 그가 사함을 얻으리라 !

¹⁷ 만일 누구든지 여호와의 금령 중 하나를 부지중에 범하여도 허물이라 벌을 당할 것이니

¹⁸ 그는 너의 지정한 가치대로 떼 중 흠 없는 수양을 속건 제물로 제사장에게로 가져올 것이요, 제사장은 그의 부지중에 그릇 범한 허물을 위하여 속한즉 그가 사함을 얻으리라 !

¹⁹ 이는 속건제니 그가 실로 여호와 앞에 범과함이니라

¹ Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

² Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

³ and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".

⁴ The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

⁵ Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

⁶ He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."

⁷ Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

⁸ Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.

⁹ Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰ Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹¹ Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."

¹² Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

¹³ It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

¹⁴ When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"

¹⁵ Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

¹⁶ When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."

¹⁷ Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

¹⁸ You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

¹⁹ Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

²⁰ You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

²¹ Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²² Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

²³ If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace."

²⁴ So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

²⁵ Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²⁶ They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

²⁷ Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.