Leviticus 5:8-18

8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall ¹wring its head from its neck ²but 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 ³the rest of the blood shall be drained out ⁴at 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. ⁵And 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 ⁶tenth of an ephah^[a] of fine flour for a sin offering. He ⁷shall 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 ⁸the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and ⁹burn this on the altar, on the LORD's food offerings; it is a sin offering.

13 Thus ¹⁰the 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^[b] shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering."

Laws for Guilt Offerings

14 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

15 ¹¹"If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the LORD, ¹²he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued^[c] in silver shekels,^[d] according to the ¹³shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

16 He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and ¹⁴shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. ¹⁵And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

17 ¹⁶"If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the LORD's commandments ought not to be done, ¹⁷though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity.

18 ¹⁸He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and ¹⁹the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.

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Leviticus 5:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 5

This chapter treats of the trespass offering, points at the sins for which it was to be made, and the matter of it; it was for secret sins, and sins of ignorance, such as refusing to bear witness in a known case, Le 5:1 touching unclean things and false swearing, Le 5:2-4 the things directed to in such cases are confession, Le 5:5 sacrifice of a lamb, or kid of the goats, Le 5:6 and in case of poverty, two turtle doves, or two young pigeons; concerning the offering of which instructions are given, Le 5:7-10 and if not able to bring them, then a meat offering of fine flour, about which rules are laid down, Le 5:11-13 and for sins committed through ignorance in holy things or sacrileges, the sacrifice of a ram is enjoined, and satisfaction ordered to be made for the injury done in the holy thing, by adding a fifth part to it, Le 5:14-16 and for sins committed ignorantly against negative precepts, only a ram is appointed for the trespass offering, Le 5:17-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

1. Leviticus 1:15, 17
2. Leviticus 1:15, 17
3. Leviticus 1:15
4. Leviticus 4:7, 18, 30, 34
5. See Leviticus 4:20, 26, 31, 35
6. Numbers 5:15
7. Numbers 5:15
8. Leviticus 2:2
9. Leviticus 4:35
10. [See ver. 10 above]
11. Leviticus 22:14; [Ezra 10:2]
12. [Ezra 10:19]
13. See Exodus 30:13
14. Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 22:14; Leviticus 27:13, 15, 27, 31; Numbers 5:7
15. [See ver. 10 above]
16. Leviticus 4:2
17. Numbers 15:29; [Luke 12:48]
18. ver. 15
19. [See ver. 10 above]

Footnotes 4

[a]. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
[b]. Septuagint; Hebrew it
[c]. Or flock, or its equivalent
[d]. A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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