Leviticus 5:6–6:14

⁶‘He shall also bring his guilt offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has ¹committed, ^aa female from the flock, a lamb or a ²goat, as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

⁷‘But if ¹he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to Yahweh his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ^aone for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

⁸‘And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall bring near first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he ^ashall not separate it.

⁹‘He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering ^aon the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out ^bat the base of the altar: it is a sin offering.

¹⁰‘The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering ^aaccording to the legal judgment. ^bSo the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has ¹committed, and it will be forgiven him.

¹¹‘But ^aif his ¹means 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 ²ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; ^bhe shall not place oil on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

¹²‘He shall then 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, ¹with the offerings of Yahweh by fire: it is a sin offering.

¹³‘So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has ¹committed from ^aone of these, and it will be forgiven him; then ^bthe rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering.’”

The Statutes of Guilt Offerings

¹⁴Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁵“^aIf a person acts unfaithfully and sins ^bunintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his ^cguilt offering to Yahweh: ^da ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by ¹shekels, in terms of the ^eshekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

¹⁶“^aAnd he shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and he shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. ^bThe 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 one of the things ¹which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, ^abut he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

¹⁸“He is then to bring to the priest ^aa ram without blemish 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 ^bunintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him.

¹⁹“It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before Yahweh.”

CHAPTER 6

¹¹Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²“^aIf a person sins and acts unfaithfully against Yahweh and deals falsely with his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion,

³or ^ahas found what was lost and dealt falsely about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;

⁴then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall ^areturn what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was ¹entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found,

⁵or anything about which he swore falsely; ^ahe shall make restitution for it ¹in full and add to it one-fifth more. ^bHe shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.

⁶“Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to Yahweh, ^aa ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering,

⁷and ^athe priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt.”

Statutes for the Priest in the Offerings

⁸¹Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁹“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is ^athe law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and ^bthe fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it.

¹⁰‘And the priest shall put on ^ahis linen robe, and he shall put on undergarments next to his flesh; and he shall raise up the ¹ashes to which the fire ²reduces the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar.

¹¹‘Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ¹ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

¹²‘And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings ^aon it.

¹³‘Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out.

¹⁴‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall bring it near before Yahweh in front of the altar.