Hebrews 5:2 → Leviticus 4:2

Hebrews describes the high priest as one who "is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided" — μετριοπαθεῖν τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσιν καὶ πλανωμένοις, literally to moderate his feelings toward those who are ignorant and those who are going astray. This directly echoes Leviticus 4's provision for the one who "sins unintentionally" (בִשְׁגָגָה, bishgagah). The Septuagint renders that phrase ἀκουσίως (akousiōs, "unwillingly"), but it already gives the same category the ἀγνοέω word group ("ignorance") — at Leviticus 4:13, where the whole congregation "strays unintentionally" (ἀγνοέω), and at Leviticus 5:18, where the priest makes atonement "for the wrong he has committed in ignorance" (ἄγνοια … ἀγνοέω). That Levitical Greek is what Hebrews takes up, sharpening the cognitive dimension—sinning without knowing the action was sinful. Human high priests could sympathize because they shared the same weakness (5:3). Christ's compassion surpasses theirs: though sinless, "He learned obedience from what He suffered" (5:8) and thus ministers with perfect understanding to those who sin unknowingly. The Levitical provision for ignorant sin finds its ultimate expression in Christ's priestly compassion.