Leviticus 5:1

Footnotes

1. 1 Heb “And a person when he sins.” Most English versions translate this as the protasis of a conditional clause: “if a person sins” (, ). The same expression occurs in Lev 4:2 where it introduces sins done “by straying unintentionally from any of the commandments of the Lord which must not be done” (see the there). Lev 5:1–13 is an additional section of sin offering regulations directed at violations other than those referred to by this expression in Lev 4:2 (see esp. 5:1–6), and expanding on the offering regulations for the common person in Lev 4:27–35 with concessions to the poor common person (5:7–13).
2. 2 The words “against one who fails to testify” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied to make sense of the remark about the “curse” (“imprecation” or “oath”; cf. “adjuration”; “public charge”) for the modern reader. For the interpretation of this verse reflected in the present translation see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (), 1:.
3. 3 The words “what had happened” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
4. 4 Heb “and hears a voice of curse, and he is a witness or he saw or he knew, if he does not declare.”
5. 5 Heb “and he shall bear his iniquity.” The rendering “bear the punishment (for the iniquity)” reflects the use of the word “iniquity” to refer to the punishment for iniquity (cf. , “subject to punishment”). It is sometimes referred to as the consequential use of the term (cf. Lev 5:17; 7:18; 10:17; etc.).