Leviticus 6:3-13

3 or ¹has found something lost and lied about it, ²swearing 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 ³what 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 ⁴restore 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 ⁵a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering.

7 ⁶And 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."

The Priests and the Offerings

8 ^[a] The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

9 "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.

10 And ⁷the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them ⁸beside the altar.

11 Then ⁹he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes ¹⁰outside the camp to a clean place.

12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it ¹¹the fat of the peace offerings.

13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

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Leviticus 6:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 6

This chapter treats of the trespass offering for sins committed knowingly and wilfully, Le 6:1-7 and of the law of the burnt offering, and of cleansing the altar of burnt offering, and keeping the fire burning on it continually, Le 6:8-13 and of the meat offering, which is repeated with some additional circumstances, Le 6:14-18 and of the offering at the consecration of the high priest, Le 6:19-23 and of the sin offering, and where to be killed and eaten, and by whom, Le 6:24-30.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. Exodus 23:4; Deuteronomy 22:1-3
2. Leviticus 19:12; Exodus 22:11
3. [See ver. 2 above]
4. Numbers 5:7; [Leviticus 5:16; 2 Samuel 12:6; Luke 19:8]
5. Leviticus 5:15, 18
6. See Leviticus 4:26
7. Leviticus 16:4; Ezekiel 44:18; See Exodus 28:39-43
8. Leviticus 1:16
9. Leviticus 16:23; Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:19
10. See Leviticus 4:12
11. Leviticus 3:3, 9, 14

Footnotes 1

[a]. Ch 6:1 in Hebrew

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