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The Statutes of Guilt Offerings

14 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15 (A)If a person acts unfaithfully and sins (B)unintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his (C)guilt offering to Yahweh: (D)a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by [a]shekels, in terms of the (E)shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 (F)And 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. (G)The 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 [b]which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, (H)but he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. 18 He is then to bring to the priest (I)a 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 (J)unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him. 19 It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before Yahweh.”

[c]Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, (K)If 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, or (L)has 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; then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall (M)return what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was [d]entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found, or anything about which he swore falsely; (N)he shall make restitution for it [e]in full and add to it one-fifth more. (O)He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering. Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to Yahweh, (P)a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering, and (Q)the 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.”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 5:15 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. Leviticus 5:17 Lit the commands of Yahweh which are
  3. Leviticus 6:1 Ch 5:20 in Heb
  4. Leviticus 6:4 Or deposited with
  5. Leviticus 6:5 Lit in its sum

The Guilt Offering

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 15 “If someone offends(A) by sinning unintentionally(B) in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things,[a] he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord: an unblemished ram from the flock (based on your assessment of its value in silver shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel(C)) as a guilt offering. 16 He is to make restitution(D) for his sin regarding any holy(E) thing, adding a fifth of its value to it,(F) and give it to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.(G)

17 “If someone sins and without knowing it violates any of the Lord’s commands concerning anything prohibited, he is guilty, and he will bear his iniquity. 18 He must bring an unblemished ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a guilt offering to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the error he has committed unintentionally, and he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he is indeed guilty before the Lord.”

The Lord spoke to Moses: “When someone sins and offends the Lord by deceiving(H) his neighbor in regard to a deposit,(I) a security,[b] or a robbery;(J) or defrauds(K) his neighbor; or finds something lost and lies about it;(L) or swears falsely(M) about any of the sinful things a person may do— once he has sinned(N) and acknowledged his guilt(O)—he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found, or anything else about which he swore falsely. He will make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it.(P) He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.(Q) Then he is to bring his guilt offering(R) to the Lord: an unblemished(S) ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a guilt offering to the priest. In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”(T)

Footnotes

  1. 5:15 Things dedicated to the Lord
  2. 6:2 Or an investment