“If anyone sins in that he hears a public (A)adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall (B)bear his iniquity; or (C)if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; or if he touches (D)human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt; or if anyone utters with his lips a (E)rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people (F)swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; when he realizes his guilt in any of these and (G)confesses the sin he has committed, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation[a] for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

“But (H)if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two (I)turtledoves or two pigeons,[b] one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall (J)wring its head from its neck (K)but shall not sever it completely, and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while (L)the rest of the blood shall be drained out (M)at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. 10 Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. (N)And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

11 “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a (O)tenth of an ephah[c] of fine flour for a sin offering. He (P)shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12 And he shall bring it to (Q)the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and (R)burn this on the altar, on the Lord's food offerings; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus (S)the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder[d] shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15 (T)“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, (U)he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued[e] in silver shekels,[f] according to the (V)shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and (W)shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. (X)And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

17 (Y)“If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, (Z)though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. 18 (AA)He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and (AB)the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before[g] the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 5:6 Hebrew his guilt penalty; so throughout Leviticus
  2. Leviticus 5:7 Septuagint two young pigeons; also verse 11
  3. Leviticus 5:11 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
  4. Leviticus 5:13 Septuagint; Hebrew it
  5. Leviticus 5:15 Or flock, or its equivalent
  6. Leviticus 5:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  7. Leviticus 5:19 Or he has paid full compensation to

贖愆祭的條例

「若有人犯了罪,就是聽見了誓言,他本來可以作證,卻不把所看見、所知道的說出來,必須擔當他的罪孽。 若有人摸了任何不潔之物,無論是野獸的不潔屍體,家畜的不潔屍體,或是羣聚動物的不潔屍體,他雖不察覺,也是不潔淨,就有罪了。 或是他摸了人的不潔之物,就是任何使人成為不潔的不潔之物,他雖不察覺,但一知道,就有罪了。 若有人隨口發誓,或出於惡意,或出於善意,這人無論在甚麼事上隨意發誓,雖不察覺,但一知道,就在這其中的一件事上有罪了。 當他在這其中的一件事上有罪的時候,就要承認所犯的罪, 並要為所犯的罪,把他的贖愆祭牲,就是羊羣中的一隻母綿羊或母山羊,獻給耶和華為贖罪祭,祭司要為他的罪贖了他。

「若他的力量不夠獻一隻綿羊,就要為所犯的罪,把兩隻斑鳩或是兩隻雛鴿獻給耶和華為贖愆祭:一隻作贖罪祭,一隻作燔祭。 他要把這些帶到祭司那裏,祭司就先把贖罪祭獻上,從鳥的頸項上扭斷牠的頭,但不把鳥撕斷。 祭司要把一些贖罪祭牲的血彈在祭壇的邊上,其餘的血要倒在壇的底座上;這是贖罪祭。 10 他要依照條例獻第二隻鳥為燔祭。祭司要為他所犯的罪贖了他,他就蒙赦免。

11 「他的力量若不夠獻兩隻斑鳩或兩隻雛鴿,就要為所犯的罪把供物,就是十分之一伊法細麵,獻上為贖罪祭;不可加上油,也不可加上乳香,因為這是贖罪祭。 12 他要把細麵帶到祭司那裏,祭司要取出滿滿的一把,作為紀念,按照獻火祭給耶和華的條例把它燒在壇上;這是贖罪祭。 13 至於他在這幾件事中所犯的任何罪,祭司要為他贖了,他就蒙赦免。剩下的都歸給祭司,和素祭一樣。」

14 耶和華吩咐摩西說: 15 「若有人在耶和華的聖物上無意中犯了罪,有了過犯,就要獻羊羣中一隻沒有殘疾的公綿羊給耶和華為贖愆祭,或依聖所的舍客勒所估定的銀子,作為贖愆祭。 16 他要為在聖物上的疏忽賠償,另外加五分之一,把這些都交給祭司。祭司要用贖愆祭的公綿羊為他贖罪,他就蒙赦免。

17 「若有人犯罪,在任何事上犯了一條耶和華所吩咐的禁令,他雖不察覺,仍算有罪,必須擔當自己的罪孽。 18 他要牽羊羣中一隻沒有殘疾的公綿羊,或照你所估定的價值,給祭司作贖愆祭。祭司要為他贖他因不知道而無意中所犯的罪,他就蒙赦免。 19 這是贖愆祭;因他確實得罪了耶和華。」