Leviticus 5

More Laws Regarding Sin Offerings

1 " ‘When a person*Or "a soul" sins in that*Or "and" 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*Or "and" he shall bear his guilt. 2 Or if a person*Or "a soul" touches anything unclean, whether*Literally "or" an unclean wild*Implied by the following phrase specifying domestic animals animal’s dead body or an unclean domestic animal’s dead body or an unclean swarmer’s dead body, but*Or "and" he is unaware of it,*Literally "it is concealed from him" he is unclean and he is guilty. 3 Or when he touches human uncleanness, namely*Literally "for" or "to" (see HALOT 510) any uncleanness of his by which he might become unclean, but*Or "and" he is unaware of it,*Literally "it is concealed from him" and he himself finds out, then*Or "and" he will be guilty. 4 Or when a person*Or "a soul" swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard to*Literally "for" or "to" (see HALOT 510) anything that the person*Literally "the man" in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but*Or "and" he is unaware of it,*Literally "it is concealed from him" he will be guilty in any of*Literally "for one of" these. 5 When he becomes guilty in any of*Literally "for one of" these, he shall confess*Or "and he shall confess" what he has sinned regarding*Literally "upon" or "against" it, 6 and he shall bring his guilt offering to*Or "for" Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:*Literally "sinned" a female from the flock,*The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals) a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,*Literally "a she-goat of goats" as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for*Hebrew "from" his sin.

7 " ‘If*Or "And if" he cannot afford a sheep,*Literally "his hand does not touch enough of small livestock" he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves*Literally "sons of dove" or "children of dove" for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 8 He shall bring*Or "And he shall bring" them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest*Required by the previous action (see NET) shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,*Literally "from opposite its neck" but*Or "and" he must not sever it, 9 and he shall spatter some of*Literally "from" 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*Or "And the second" 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,*Literally "sinned" and he shall be forgiven.

11 " ‘But*Or "And" if he cannot afford*Literally "his hand cannot produce for" two turtledoves or two young doves,*Literally "sons of dove" or "children of dove" then,*Or "and" because he has sinned, he shall bring as his offering a tenth of an*Hebrew "the" ephah of finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put*Or "And he must not put" oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12 He shall bring*Or "And he shall bring" it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it*Literally "shall scoop up from it the fullness of his handful" for its token portion, and he shall turn it to smoke on the altar in addition to*Literally "on" or "upon" the offerings made by fire to Yahweh; it is a sin offering. 13 Thus*Or "And" the priest shall make atonement for him because of the sin that he has committed*Literally "sinned" in any of these,*Literally "from one from these" and he shall be forgiven. It shall be*Or "And it shall be" for the priest, like the grain offering.’ "

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 Then*Or "And" Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15 "When a person*Or "a soul" displays infidelity*Literally "acts unfaithfully infidelity" or "is unfaithful in unfaithfulness" and he sins in an unintentional wrong in any of*Literally "from" Yahweh’s holy things, then*Or "and" he shall bring his guilt offering to*Or "for" Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock*The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals) as a guilt offering by your valuation in silver shekels*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) according to the sanctuary shekel. 16 And he shall make restitution for what he sinned because of*Literally "from" (see HALOT 598) a holy thing and shall add one-fifth of its value*Literally "it" onto it and shall give it to the priest. The priest*Or "And the priest" shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

17 "If*Or "And if" a person*Or "a soul" when he sins violates*Literally "and she/it does" one from all of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated,*Literally "they are to be done" but*Or "and" he did not know, then*Or "and" he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt. 18 He shall bring*Or "And he shall bring" to the priest a ram without defect from the flock*The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals) as a guilt offering by your valuation, and the priest shall make atonement for him because of his unintentional wrong (although*Or "and" he himself did not know), and he will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he certainly was guilty before Yahweh."