Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.

So he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities.

Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready.

if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because you have brought up your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force.

This is what the Lord says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the Lord's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.

This is what the Lord says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.

"Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel's altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --

And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.