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Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15 “When a person[b] displays infidelity[c] and he sins in an unintentional wrong in any of[d] Yahweh’s holy things, then[e] he shall bring his guilt offering to[f] Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock[g] as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekels[h] according to the sanctuary shekel. 16 And he shall make restitution for what he sinned because of[i] a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of its value[j] onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priest[k] shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

17 “If[l] a person[m] when he sins violates[n] one from all of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,[o] but[p] he did not know, then[q] he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. 18 He shall bring[r] to the priest a ram without defect from the flock[s] as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (although[t] he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh.”

Additional Laws for Burnt Offerings

[u] Then[v] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “When a person[w] displays infidelity[x] against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding[y] something entrusted or a pledge[z] or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen, or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely[aa] in regard to[ab] any one of these things by which a person[ac] might commit sin, and when[ad] he sins and is guilty, then[ae] he shall bring back the things he had stolen[af] or what he had extorted[ag] or something with which he had been entrusted[ah] or the lost property that he had found, or regarding[ai] anything about which he has sworn falsely,[aj] then[ak] he shall repay it according to[al] its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it to whom it belongs[am] on the day of his guilt offering. And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flock[an] by your valuation[ao] as a guilt offering to the priest, and the priest shall make atonement for him before[ap] Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven anything[aq] from all that he might do by which he might incur guilt.”[ar]

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 5:14 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 5:15 Or “a soul”
  3. Leviticus 5:15 Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
  4. Leviticus 5:15 Literally “from”
  5. Leviticus 5:15 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 5:15 Or “for”
  7. Leviticus 5:15 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  8. Leviticus 5:15 Or “convertible into silver shekels” (NET, NRSV, TNK), “of the proper value in silver” (NIV; cp. ESV “valued in silver shekels,” CSB), or “or you may buy one of equal value with silver” (NLT)
  9. Leviticus 5:16 Literally “from” (see HALOT 598)
  10. Leviticus 5:16 Literally “it”
  11. Leviticus 5:16 Or “And the priest”
  12. Leviticus 5:17 Or “And if”
  13. Leviticus 5:17 Or “a soul”
  14. Leviticus 5:17 Literally “and she/it does”
  15. Leviticus 5:17 Literally “they are to be done”
  16. Leviticus 5:17 Or “and”
  17. Leviticus 5:17 Or “and”
  18. Leviticus 5:18 Or “And he shall bring”
  19. Leviticus 5:18 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  20. Leviticus 5:18 Or “and”
  21. Leviticus 6:1 Leviticus 6:1–30 in the English Bible is 5:20–6:23 in the Hebrew Bible
  22. Leviticus 6:1 Or “And”
  23. Leviticus 6:2 Or “a soul”
  24. Leviticus 6:2 Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
  25. Leviticus 6:2 Literally “in”
  26. Leviticus 6:2 Literally “a pledge of a hand”
  27. Leviticus 6:3 Literally “in accordance with deception”
  28. Leviticus 6:3 Literally “on” or “upon”
  29. Leviticus 6:3 Literally “the man”
  30. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “and it will be when”
  31. Leviticus 6:4 Or “and”
  32. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “the robbed things that he had stolen”
  33. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “the extortion that he had extorted”
  34. Leviticus 6:4 Literally “something entrusted that had been entrusted to him”
  35. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “from”
  36. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “in accordance with deception”
  37. Leviticus 6:5 Or “and”
  38. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “in”
  39. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “to whom it is to him”
  40. Leviticus 6:6 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  41. Leviticus 6:6 See 5:15 and 18
  42. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “to the faces of”
  43. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “one”
  44. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “which he might do for incurring guilt by it”

Offerings with Restitution

14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15 “When any of you commit a trespass and sin unintentionally against any of the holy things of the Lord, you shall bring, as your guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, convertible into silver by the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.(A) 16 And you shall make restitution for the holy thing in which you were remiss and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. The priest shall make atonement on your behalf with the ram of the guilt offering, and you shall be forgiven.(B)

17 “If any of you sin without knowing it, doing any of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, you have incurred guilt and are subject to punishment.(C) 18 You shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent, as a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement on your behalf for the error that you committed unintentionally, and you shall be forgiven.(D) 19 It is a guilt offering; you have incurred guilt before the Lord.”

[a]The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “When any of you sin and commit a trespass against the Lord by deceiving a neighbor in a matter of a deposit or a pledge or by robbery or if you have defrauded a neighbor(E) or have found something lost and lied about it—if you swear falsely regarding any of the various things that one may do and sin(F) when you have sinned and recognize your guilt and would restore what you took by robbery or by fraud or the deposit that was committed to you or the lost thing that you found or anything else about which you have sworn falsely, you shall repay the principal amount and add one-fifth to it. You shall pay it to its owner when you recognize your guilt.(G) And you shall bring to the priest, as your guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering.(H) The priest shall make atonement on your behalf before the Lord, and you shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and incur guilt thereby.”(I)

Footnotes

  1. 6.1 5.20 in Heb