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Leviticus 5

1 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public ^aadjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall ^bbear his iniquity; 2 or ^cif 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; 3 or if he touches ^dhuman 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; 4 or if anyone utters with his lips a ^erash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people ^fswear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; 5 when he realizes his guilt in any of these and ^gconfesses the sin he has committed, 6 he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation ^{▼

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Hebrew his guilt penalty; so throughout Leviticus} 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.

7 “But ⁱif he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two ^jturtledoves or two pigeons ^{▼

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Septuagint two young pigeons; also verse 11} one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall ^lwring its head from its neck ^mbut shall not sever it completely, 9 and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while ⁿthe rest of the blood shall be drained out ^oat 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. ^pAnd 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 ^qtenth of an ephah ^{▼

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An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters} of fine flour for a sin offering. He ^sshall 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 ^tthe priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and ^uburn this on the altar, on the Lord’s food offerings; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus ^vthe 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 ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew it} shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15 ^x“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord ^yhe shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued ^{▼

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Or flock, or its equivalent} in silver shekels ^{▼

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A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} according to the ^abshekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and ^acshall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^adAnd the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

17 ^ae“If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done ^afthough he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. 18 ^agHe shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and ^ahthe 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 ^{▼

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Or he has paid full compensation to} the Lord.”

Leviticus 6:1-7

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Ch 5:20 in Hebrew} The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “If anyone sins and ^akcommits a breach of faith against the Lord by ^aldeceiving his neighbor in ^ama matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or ^anif he has oppressed his neighbor 3 or ^aohas found something lost and lied about it, ^apswearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— 4 if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore ^aqwhat he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found 5 or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall ^arrestore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. 6 And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord ^asa ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering. 7 ^atAnd the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.”