More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings

“‘When a person^[a] sins in that^[b] he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, then^[c] he shall bear his guilt. ² Or if a person^[d] touches anything unclean, whether^[e] an unclean wild^[f] animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, but^[g] he is unaware of it,^[h] he is unclean and he is guilty. ³ Or when he touches human uncleanness, namely^[i] any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, but^[j] he is unaware of it,^[k] and he himself finds out, then^[l] he will be guilty. ⁴ Or when a person^[m] swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard to^[n] anything that the person^[o] in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but^[p] he is unaware of it,^[q] he will be guilty in any of^[r] these. ⁵ When he becomes guilty in any of^[s] these, he shall confess^[t] what he has sinned regarding^[u] it, ⁶ and he shall bring his guilt offering to^[v] Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:^[w] a female from the flock,^[x] a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,^[y] as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for^[z] his sin.

⁷ “‘If^[aa] he cannot afford a sheep,^[ab] he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves^[ac] for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. ⁸ He shall bring^[ad] them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest^[ae] shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,^[af] but^[ag] he must not sever it, ⁹ and he shall spatter some of^[ah] the sin offering’s blood on the altar’s side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar’s base; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰ The second^[ai] bird he must prepare as a burnt offering according to the regulation, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed,^[aj] and he shall be forgiven.

¹¹ “‘But^[ak] if he cannot afford^[al] two turtledoves or two young doves,^[am] then,^[an] because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of an^[ao] ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put^[ap] oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. ¹² He shall bring^[aq] it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it^[ar] for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to^[as] the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. ¹³ Thus^[at] the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has committed^[au] in any of these,^[av] and he shall be forgiven. It shall be^[aw] for the priest, like the grain offering.’”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴ Then^[ax] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁵ “When a person^[ay] displays infidelity^[az] and he sins in an unintentional wrong in any of^[ba] Yahweh’s holy things, then^[bb] he shall bring his guilt offering to^[bc] Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock^[bd] as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekels^[be] according to the sanctuary shekel. ¹⁶ And he shall make restitution for what he sinned because of^[bf] a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of its value^[bg] onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priest^[bh] shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

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

Footnotes

1. Leviticus 5:1 Or “a soul”
2. Leviticus 5:1 Or “and”
3. Leviticus 5:1 Or “and”
4. Leviticus 5:2 Or “a soul”
5. Leviticus 5:2 Literally “or”
6. Leviticus 5:2 Implied by the following phrase specifying domestic animals
7. Leviticus 5:2 Or “and”
8. Leviticus 5:2 Literally “it is concealed from him”
9. Leviticus 5:3 Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
10. Leviticus 5:3 Or “and”
11. Leviticus 5:3 Literally “it is concealed from him”
12. Leviticus 5:3 Or “and”
13. Leviticus 5:4 Or “a soul”
14. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
15. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “the man”
16. Leviticus 5:4 Or “and”
17. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “it is concealed from him”
18. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “for one of”
19. Leviticus 5:5 Literally “for one of”
20. Leviticus 5:5 Or “and he shall confess”
21. Leviticus 5:5 Literally “upon” or “against”
22. Leviticus 5:6 Or “for”
23. Leviticus 5:6 Literally “sinned”
24. Leviticus 5:6 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
25. Leviticus 5:6 Literally “a she-goat of goats”
26. Leviticus 5:6 Hebrew “from”
27. Leviticus 5:7 Or “And if”
28. Leviticus 5:7 Literally “his hand does not touch enough of small livestock”
29. Leviticus 5:7 Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
30. Leviticus 5:8 Or “And he shall bring”
31. Leviticus 5:8 Required by the previous action (see NET)
32. Leviticus 5:8 Literally “from opposite its neck”
33. Leviticus 5:8 Or “and”
34. Leviticus 5:9 Literally “from”
35. Leviticus 5:10 Or “And the second”
36. Leviticus 5:10 Literally “sinned”
37. Leviticus 5:11 Or “And”
38. Leviticus 5:11 Literally “his hand cannot produce for”
39. Leviticus 5:11 Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
40. Leviticus 5:11 Or “and”
41. Leviticus 5:11 Hebrew “the”
42. Leviticus 5:11 Or “And he must not put”
43. Leviticus 5:12 Or “And he shall bring”
44. Leviticus 5:12 Literally “shall scoop up from it the fullness of his handful”
45. Leviticus 5:12 Literally “on” or “upon”
46. Leviticus 5:13 Or “And”
47. Leviticus 5:13 Literally “sinned”
48. Leviticus 5:13 Literally “from one from these”
49. Leviticus 5:13 Or “And it shall be”
50. Leviticus 5:14 Or “And”
51. Leviticus 5:15 Or “a soul”
52. Leviticus 5:15 Literally “acts unfaithfully infidelity” or “is unfaithful in unfaithfulness”
53. Leviticus 5:15 Literally “from”
54. Leviticus 5:15 Or “and”
55. Leviticus 5:15 Or “for”
56. Leviticus 5:15 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
57. 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)
58. Leviticus 5:16 Literally “from” (see HALOT 598)
59. Leviticus 5:16 Literally “it”
60. Leviticus 5:16 Or “And the priest”
61. Leviticus 5:17 Or “And if”
62. Leviticus 5:17 Or “a soul”
63. Leviticus 5:17 Literally “and she/it does”
64. Leviticus 5:17 Literally “they are to be done”
65. Leviticus 5:17 Or “and”
66. Leviticus 5:17 Or “and”
67. Leviticus 5:18 Or “And he shall bring”
68. Leviticus 5:18 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
69. Leviticus 5:18 Or “and”