Leviticus 5
5
1“ ‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.
2“ ‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt; 3or if they touch human uncleanness (anything that would make them unclean) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt; 4or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt— 5when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned. 6As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering#5:6 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.
7“ ‘Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin—one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not dividing it completely, 9and is to splash some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. 10The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
11“ ‘If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah#5:11 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial#5:12 Or representative portion and burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering. 13In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.’ ”
The Guilt Offering
14The Lord said to Moses: 15“When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.#5:15 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams It is a guilt offering. 16They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.
17“If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. 18They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven. 19It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty of#5:19 Or offering; atonement has been made for their wrongdoing against the Lord.”
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Leviticus 5
5
The Trespass Offering
1‘If a person sins in #Prov. 29:24; (Jer. 23:10)hearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he #Lev. 5:17; 7:18; 17:16; 19:8; 20:17; Num. 9:13bears guilt.
2‘Or #Lev. 11:24, 28, 31, 39; Num. 19:11–16; Deut. 14:8if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and #Lev. 5:17guilty. 3Or if he touches #Lev. 5:12, 13, 15human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
4‘Or if a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips #1 Sam. 25:22; Acts 23:12to do evil or #(Matt. 5:33–37); Mark 6:23; (James 5:12)to do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
5‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall #Lev. 16:21; 26:40; Num. 5:7; Ezra 10:11, 12; Ps. 32:5; Prov. 28:13confess that he has sinned in that thing; 6and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
7#Lev. 12:6, 8; 14:21‘If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord, for his trespass which he has committed, two #Lev. 1:14turtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. 8And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and #Lev. 1:15–17wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it completely. 9Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the #Lev. 4:7, 18, 30, 34rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. 10And he shall offer the second as a burnt offering according to the #Lev. 1:14–17prescribed manner. So #Lev. 4:20, 26; 5:13, 16the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
11‘But if he is #Lev. 14:21–32not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. #Lev. 2:1, 2; 6:15; Num. 5:15He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it #Lev. 2:2as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar #Lev. 4:35according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering. 13#Lev. 4:26The priest shall make atonement for him, for his sin that he has committed in any of these matters; and it shall be forgiven him. #Lev. 2:3; 6:17, 26The rest shall be the priest’s as a grain offering.’ ”
Offerings with Restitution
14Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 15#Lev. 4:2; 22:14; Num. 5:5–8“If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord, then #Ezra 10:19he shall bring to the Lord as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to #Ex. 30:13; Lev. 27:25the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering. 16And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in regard to the holy thing, #Lev. 6:5; 22:14; 27:13, 15, 27, 31; Num. 5:7and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. #Lev. 4:26So the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
17“If a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord, #Lev. 4:2, 13, 22, 27though he does not know it, yet he is #Lev. 5:1, 2guilty and shall bear his iniquity. 18#Lev. 5:15And he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his ignorance in which he erred and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him. 19It is a trespass offering; #Ezra 10:2he has certainly trespassed against the Lord.”
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