Leviticus 5:1–6:7

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.”

Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings

6 a Thenb Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “When a personc ⌊displays infidelity⌋d against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regardinge something entrusted or ⌊a pledge⌋f or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen, 3 or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears ⌊falsely⌋g ⌊in regard to⌋h any one of these things by which ⌊a person⌋i might commit sin, 4 ⌊and when⌋j he sins and is guilty, thenk he shall bring back ⌊the things he had stolen⌋l or ⌊what he had extorted⌋m or ⌊something with which he had been entrusted⌋n or the lost property that he had found, 5 or ⌊regarding⌋o anything about which he has sworn ⌊falsely⌋,p thenq he shall repay it ⌊according to⌋r its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it ⌊to whom it belongs⌋s on the day of his guilt offering. 6 And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flockt by your valuationu as a guilt offering to the priest, 7 and the priest shall make atonement for him ⌊before⌋v Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven ⌊anything⌋w from all that he might do ⌊by which he might incur guilt⌋.”x

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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	Leviticus 6:1–30 in the English Bible is 5:20–6:23 in the Hebrew Bible
b	Or “And”
c	Or “a soul”
d	Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
e	Literally “in”
f	Literally “a pledge of a hand”
g	Literally “in accordance with deception”
h	Literally “on” or “upon”
i	Literally “the man”
j	Literally “and it will be when”
k	Or “and”
l	Literally “the robbed things that he had stolen”
m	Literally “the extortion that he had extorted”
n	Literally “something entrusted that had been entrusted to him”
o	Literally “from”
p	Literally “in accordance with deception”
q	Or “and”
r	Literally “in”
s	Literally “to whom it is to him”
t	The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
u	See 5:15 and 18
v	Literally “to the faces of”
w	Literally “one”
x	Literally “which he might do for incurring guilt by it”

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