Biblical "sin" is corporate / national hurt inflicted, or of king (or foreign occupier) as representative if causing harm, say to the poor, widows, fatherless. "Hell" was invented after 1,000 yrs of occupation, a place to send detestable occupiers and oppressors for their "sins"
The corporate or national "sin" of a people living under foreign oppression, is the entire burden of harm forced on them *against one another* through having to live in a dog-eat-dog police state. From these "sins of the world" John and Jesus called the people to "repent" 
Moses famously killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew in bondage. Never charged. After the exodus the mitzvah was given, "You shall not murder." Why not? Because the LORD intends we resolve inter-personal and international conflicts without violence, which is "sin."
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