Leviticus 5:1–19

More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings

5 “ ‘When a persona sins in thatb he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, thenc he shall bear his guilt. 2 Or if a persond touches anything unclean, ⌊whether⌋e an unclean wildf animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, butg ⌊he is unaware of it⌋,h he is unclean and he is guilty. 3 Or when he touches human uncleanness, ⌊namely⌋i any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, butj ⌊he is unaware of it⌋,k and he himself finds out, thenl he will be guilty. 4 Or when a personm swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good ⌊with regard to⌋n anything that the person in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, buto ⌊he is unaware of it⌋,p and he finds out, he will be guilty ⌊in any of⌋q these. 5 When he becomes guilty ⌊in any of⌋r these, he shall confesss what he has sinned ⌊regarding⌋t it, 6 and he shall bring his guilt offering tou Yahweh for his sin that he has ⌊committed⌋:v a female from the flock,w a ewe-lamb or ⌊a she-goat⌋,x as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him fory his sin.

7 “ ‘Ifz ⌊he cannot afford a sheep⌋,a he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two ⌊young doves⌋b for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bringc them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priestd shall wring its head off ⌊at the back of its neck⌋,e butf he must not sever it, 9 and he shall spatter ⌊some of⌋g the sin offering’s blood on the altar’s side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar’s base; it is a sin offering. 10 The secondh bird he must prepare as a burnt offering according to the regulation, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has ⌊committed⌋,i and he shall be forgiven.

11 “ ‘Butj if ⌊he cannot afford⌋k two turtledoves or two ⌊young doves⌋,l then,m because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of ann ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not puto oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12 He shall bringp it to the priest, and the priest ⌊shall take a handful of it⌋q for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar ⌊in addition to⌋r the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 13 Thuss the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has ⌊committed⌋t ⌊in any of these⌋,u and he shall be forgiven. It shall bev for the priest, like the grain offering.’ ”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 Thenw Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15 “When a personx ⌊displays infidelity⌋y and he sins in an unintentional wrong ⌊in any of⌋z Yahweh’s holy things, thena he shall bring his guilt offering tob Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flockc as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekelsd according to the sanctuary shekel. 16 And he shall make restitution for what he sinned ⌊because of⌋e a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of ⌊its value⌋f onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priestg shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

17 “Ifh a personi when he sins ⌊violates⌋j one from all of Yahweh’s commands that should not ⌊be violated⌋,k butl he did not know, thenm he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. 18 He shall bringn to the priest a ram without defect from the flocko as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (althoughp he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh.”

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Leviticus 20:1–26:46

Molech Worship and Spiritism

20 Thena Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “And to the ⌊Israelites⌋b you shall say, ‘If there is ⌊anyone⌋c from the ⌊Israelites⌋d ore from the alien who is dwelling in Israel, who gives ⌊any of⌋f his offspring to Molech, he must surely be put to death; the people of the land must stone him with stones.g 3 And I myself will set my face against that man, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given ⌊some of⌋h his offspring to Molech, so that ⌊he makes my sanctuary unclean⌋i and profanesj ⌊my holy name⌋.k 4 And if the people of the land ever shut their eyes froml that man at his giving ⌊some of⌋m his offspring to Molech, not putting him to death, 5 thenn I myself will set my face against that man and against his clan, and I will cut him off and all those from the midst of their people who prostitute after Molech. 6 As foro the person who turns to the mediums and the soothsayers to prostitute after them, I will setp my face against that person, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people.

7 “ ‘And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. 8 And you shall keep my statutes, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh who consecrates you.

Family and Sexual Offenses

9 “ ‘If there is ⌊anyone⌋q who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father and his mother—his blood is upon him.

10 “ ‘As forr a man who commits adultery with a man’s wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death. 11 As fors a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness; both of them shall be put to death—their blood is on them. 12 As fort a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed a perversion—their blood is on them.

13 “ ‘As foru the man who lies with a male as lying with a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

14 “ ‘As forv a man who marries a woman and her mother, that is depravity; they shall burn him and them, so that it shall not become depravity in the midst of you all.

15 “ ‘As forw a man who ⌊has sexual relations⌋x with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal. 16 As fory a woman who approaches any animal to copulate with it, you shall killz the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

17 “ ‘As fora a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she herself sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off ⌊before⌋b the eyes of ⌊their people⌋;c he has exposed his sister’s nakedness—he must bear his guilt. 18 As ford a man who lies with a menstruating woman, he exposese her nakedness—her source he exposes and she herself reveals her blood’s source—both of them shall be cut off from the midst of their people. 19 And you shall not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister, and you shall not expose your father’s sister, because such a personf has dishonored his close relative—they must bear their guilt. 20 As forg a man who lies with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness—they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 As forh a man who marries his brother’s wife, it is an abomination; he has exposed his brother’s nakedness—they shall be childless.

You Shall Be Holy

22 “ ‘And you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you shall do them, so thati the land, to which I am bringing you to inhabit it, shall not vomit you out. 23 And you shall not follow the statutes of the nation that I am driving out ⌊from before you⌋,j because they did all these things, and I detested them. 24 Sok I said to you, “You yourselves shall take possession of their land, and I myself shall give it to you to possess it—a land flowing with milk and honey”; I am Yahweh your God, who ⌊has set you apart⌋l from the nations. 25 And you shall distinguish between the clean and the unclean animal and between the unclean and the clean bird; and you shall not defile yourselves with the animal orm with the bird orn with anything that moves along the ground that I have set apart for you ⌊as unclean⌋.o 26 And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.

27 “ ‘And a man or a woman, if a spirit of the dead or a spirit of divination is in them, they shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stonesp—their blood is on them.’ ”

Regulations Concerning Priests

21 Thena Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and say to them, ‘One must not make himself unclean for a dead person among his own people, 2 except for his direct relative closest to him: his mother and his father, and his son and his daughter, and his brother, 3 and for …

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a	Or “a soul”
b	Or “and”
c	Or “and”
d	Or “a soul”
e	Literally “or”
f	Implied by the following phrase specifying domestic animals
g	Or “and”
h	Literally “it is concealed from him”
i	Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
j	Or “and”
k	Literally “it is concealed from him”
l	Or “and”
m	Or “a soul”
n	Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
o	Or “and”
p	Literally “it is concealed from him”
q	Literally “for one of”
r	Literally “for one of”
s	Or “and he shall confess”
t	Literally “upon” or “against”
u	Or “for”
v	Literally “sinned”
w	The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
x	Literally “a she-goat of goats”
y	Hebrew “from”
z	Or “And if”
a	Literally “his hand does not touch enough of small livestock”
b	Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
c	Or “And he shall bring”
d	Required by the previous action (see NET)
e	Literally “from opposite its neck”
f	Or “and”
g	Literally “from”
h	Or “And the second”
i	Literally “sinned”
j	Or “And”
k	Literally “his hand cannot produce for”
l	Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
m	Or “and”
n	Hebrew “the”
o	Or “And he must not put”
p	Or “And he shall bring”
q	Literally “shall scoop up from it the fullness of his handful”
r	Literally “on” or “upon”
s	Or “And”
t	Literally “sinned”
u	Literally “from one from these”
v	Or “And it shall be”
w	Or “And”
x	Or “a soul”
y	Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
z	Literally “from”
a	Or “and”
b	Or “for”
c	The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
d	Or “convertible into silver shekels” (NET, NRSV, TNK), “of the proper value in silver” (NIV; cp. ESV “valued in silver shekels,” CSB), or “or you may buy one of equal value with silver” (NLT)
e	Literally “from” (see HALOT 598)
f	Literally “it”
g	Or “And the priest”
h	Or “And if”
i	Or “a soul”
j	Literally “and she/it does”
k	Literally “they are to be done”
l	Or “and”
m	Or “and”
n	Or “And he shall bring”
o	The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
p	Or “and”

a	Or “And”
b	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
c	Literally “a man a man”
d	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
e	Or “and”
f	Literally “from”
g	Hebrew “the stone”
h	Literally “from”
i	Literally “to make unclean my sanctuary”
j	Hebrew “to profane”
k	Literally “the name of my holiness”
l	Or “disregard”
m	Literally “from”
n	Or “and”
o	Or “And”
p	Hebrew “and I will set”
q	Literally “a man a man”
r	Or “And”
s	Or “And”
t	Or “And”
u	Or “And”
v	Or “And”
w	Or “And”
x	Literally “he gives his lying down”
y	Or “And”
z	Or “and you shall kill”
a	Or “And”
b	Literally “in”
c	Literally “the sons/children of their people”
d	Or “And”
e	Or “and he exposes”
f	Hebrew “he”
g	Or “And”
h	Or “And”
i	Or “and”
j	Literally “from your faces”
k	Or “And”
l	Literally “I have set you apart”
m	Or “and”
n	Or “and”
o	Literally “to make unclean”
p	Hebrew “the stone”
a	Or “And”