Leviticus 5
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Leviticus 5:4-19

4Or if a person 1swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these. 5So it shall be when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall 2confess that in which he has sinned. 6He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has 3committed, 4a female from the flock, a lamb or a 5goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

7‘But if 6he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 7one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he 8shall not sever it. 9He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering 9on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out 10at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering. 10The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering 11according to the ordinance. 12So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has 13committed, and it will be forgiven him.

11‘But 14if his 15means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an 16ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; 17he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, 18with the offerings of the Lord by fire: it is a sin offering. 13So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has 19committed from 20one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then 21the rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering.’”

14Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15“22If a person acts unfaithfully and sins 23unintentionally against the Lord’s holy things, then he shall bring his 24guilt offering to the Lord: 25a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in terms of the 26shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 1627He shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. 28The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

17“Now if a person sins and does any of the things 29which the Lord has commanded not to be done, 30though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. 18He is then to bring to the priest 31a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error in which he sinned 32unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him. 19It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the Lord.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 5:4 Num 30:6, 8; Ps 106:33 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 5:5 Lev 16:21; 26:40; Num 5:7; Prov 28:13 ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 5:6 Lit sinned ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 5:6 Lev 4:28, 32 ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 5:6 Lit female goat ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 5:7 Lit his hand does not reach enough for ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 5:7 Lev 12:6, 8; 14:22, 30, 31 ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 5:8 Lev 1:17 ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 5:9 Lev 1:15 ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 5:9 Lev 4:7, 18 ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 5:10 Lev 1:14-17 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 5:10 Lev 4:20, 26; 5:13, 16 ↩
  13. 13. Leviticus 5:10 Lit sinned ↩
  14. 14. Leviticus 5:11 Lev 14:21-32; 27:8 ↩
  15. 15. Leviticus 5:11 Lit hand does not reach ↩
  16. 16. Leviticus 5:11 I.e. Approx one bu ↩
  17. 17. Leviticus 5:11 Lev 2:1, 2 ↩
  18. 18. Leviticus 5:12 Lit upon ↩
  19. 19. Leviticus 5:13 Lit sinned ↩
  20. 20. Leviticus 5:13 Lev 5:4, 5 ↩
  21. 21. Leviticus 5:13 Lev 2:3 ↩
  22. 22. Leviticus 5:15 Num 5:5-8 ↩
  23. 23. Leviticus 5:15 Lev 4:2; 22:14 ↩
  24. 24. Leviticus 5:15 Lev 7:1-10 ↩
  25. 25. Leviticus 5:15 Lev 6:6 ↩
  26. 26. Leviticus 5:15 Ex 30:13 ↩
  27. 27. Leviticus 5:16 Lev 6:5; 22:14; Num 5:7, 8 ↩
  28. 28. Leviticus 5:16 Lev 7:2-7 ↩
  29. 29. Leviticus 5:17 Lit the commands of the Lord which are ↩
  30. 30. Leviticus 5:17 Lev 4:2; 5:19 ↩
  31. 31. Leviticus 5:18 Lev 5:15 ↩
  32. 32. Leviticus 5:18 Lev 5:17 ↩

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