New English Translation
Leviticus 22:14
14“‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.
Leviticus 22:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it.
Context of Leviticus 22:14
12If a priest’s daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings, 13but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it. “‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. 15They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord, 16and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
Read all of Leviticus 22Leviticus 22:14 word by word
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־יֹאכַ֥ל קֹ֖דֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְיָסַ֤ף חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו וְנָתַ֥ן לַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And if a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- the holy thingקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- unwittinglyשְׁגָגָהshegâgâh · sin of errorH7684
- then he shall putיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
- thereof unto it, and shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- unto the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
Cross-references for Leviticus 22:14
- Leviticus 5:15“When a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the Lord’s holy things, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 27:13If, however, the person who made the vow redeems the animal, he must add one fifth to its conversion value.
Commentaries on Leviticus 22:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it - The holy thing of which he has unknowingly eaten shall be fairly valued, and to this value he shall add one fifth more, and give the whole to the priest.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Unwittingly - Inadvertently, or “through ignorance.” Compare Leviticus 4:2 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16Like the rules for the guilt offering, a common person who accidentally ate the priestly portion had to repay 120 percent (see Leviticus 5:14–16). Yet, they did not need to offer a ram in this case.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly--A common Israelite might unconsciously partake of what had been offered as tithes, first-fruits, &c., and on discovering his unintentional error, he was not only to restore as much as he had used, but be fined in a fifth part more for the priests to carry into the sanctuary.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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