or someone informs him about the sin he has committed, he is to bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.

or if someone informs him about the sin he has committed, then he is to bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for the sin that he has committed.

“When someone sins in any of these ways:

If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.

or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do—

or anything else about which he swore falsely. He must make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

Later, Moses inquired about the male goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s surviving sons, and asked,

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.