Leviticus 5:14–6:14

¹⁴Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

¹⁶“^aHe shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and 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 of the things ¹which the Lord has commanded not to be done, ^athough he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

¹⁸“He is then to bring to the priest ^aa ram without defect 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 the Lord.”

Chapter 6

Guilt Offering

¹¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²“^aWhen a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord, and deceives 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 lied 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 ^arestore 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 the Lord, ^aa ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering,

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

The Priest’s Part in the Offerings

⁸¹Then the Lord 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 is to be kept burning on it.

¹⁰‘The priest is to put on ^ahis linen robe, and he shall put on undergarments next to his flesh; and he shall take 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‘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 is not to go out.

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