LEV29 In today's modern society, if a person does something "wrong" by accident, without specific intent, that person is usually given a reprieve and is not looked down upon. However, Judaism does not quite view the person in the same manner. If a person commits a sin "by accident," i.e., without intent, but it could have been prevented if he had been paying closer attention, then this person is viewed as a sinner in Judaism. Though not as guilty as an intentional sinner, this person has to bring a sin offering (in Temple times), for example, for his Shogeg, an accidental sin (and this sin is often ascribed in the Torah to a Jewish leader) [this and next verse]. If a Jew accidentally kill someone (when a little more sensitivity might have prevented the action), then this person is "punished" by being banished to a city of refuge until the High Priest dies (Numbers 35:11).