Leviticus 5–6

The Trespass Offering

5‘If a person sins in ^ahearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he ^bbears ¹guilt.

²‘Or ^cif a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and ^dguilty. ³Or if he touches ^ehuman uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

⁴‘Or if a person ²swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips ^fto do evil or ^gto do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

⁵‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall ^hconfess that he has sinned in that thing; ⁶and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.

⁷ⁱ‘If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord, for his trespass which he has committed, two ^jturtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. ⁸And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and ^kwring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it ³completely. ⁹Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the ^lrest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. ¹⁰And he shall offer the second as a burnt offering according to the ^mprescribed manner. So ⁿthe priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

¹¹‘But if he is ^onot able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. ^pHe shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹²Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it ^qas a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar ^raccording to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering. ^13sThe priest shall make atonement for him, ⁴for his sin that he has committed in any of these matters; and it shall be forgiven him. ^tThe rest shall be the priest’s as a grain offering.’ ”

Offerings with Restitution

¹⁴Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^15u“If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord, then ^vhe shall bring to the Lord as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to ^wthe shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering. ¹⁶And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in regard to the holy thing, ^xand shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^ySo the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

¹⁷“If a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord, ^zthough he does not know it, yet he is ^aguilty and shall bear his ⁵iniquity. ^18bAnd he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his ignorance in which he erred and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him. ¹⁹It is a trespass offering; ^che has certainly trespassed against the Lord.”

6And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²“If a person sins and ^acommits a trespass against the Lord by ^blying ¹to his neighbor about ^cwhat was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about ²a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has ^dextorted from his neighbor, ³or if he ^ehas found what was lost and lies concerning it, and ^fswears falsely—in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins: ⁴then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall ³restore ^gwhat he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, ⁵or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall ^hrestore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering. ⁶And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, ⁱa ram without blemish from the flock, with your ⁴valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest. ^7jSo the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses.”

The Law of the Burnt Offering

⁸Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the ^klaw of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. ^10lAnd the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them ^mbeside the altar. ¹¹Then ⁿhe shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp ^oto a clean place. ¹²And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it ^pthe fat of the peace offerings. ¹³A fire shall always be burning on the ^qaltar; it shall never go out.

The Law of the Grain Offering

¹⁴‘This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord. ¹⁵He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the Lord. ¹⁶And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it. ¹⁷It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their ⁵portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the ^rtrespass offering. ^18sAll the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. ^tIt shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. ^uEveryone who touches them must be holy.’ ”

¹⁹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^20v“This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ^wephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. ²¹It shall be made in a ^xpan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a ⁶sweet aroma to the Lord. ²²The priest from among his sons, ^ywho is anointed in his place, shall offer it. It is a statute forever to the Lord. ^zIt shall be ⁷wholly burned. ²³For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

The Law of the Sin Offering

²⁴Also the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁵“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: ^aIn the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the Lord. It is most holy. ^26bThe priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting. ^27cEveryone who touches its flesh ⁸must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place. ²⁸But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled ^dshall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water. ²⁹All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy. ^30eBut no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in ⁹the holy ^fplace, shall be ^geaten. It shall be ^hburned in the fire.