Leviticus 6:1-7

Guilt Offering

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "¹When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD, and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion,

3 or ²has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;

4 then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall ³restore what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found,

5 or anything about which he swore falsely; ⁴he shall make restitution for it in full and add to it one-fifth more. ⁵He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.

6 "Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD, ⁶a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering,

7 and ⁷the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt."

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Leviticus 6:1-7 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 7

1. Exodus 22:7-15
2. Exodus 23:4; Deuteronomy 22:1-4
3. Leviticus 24:18, 21
4. Leviticus 5:16
5. Numbers 5:8
6. Leviticus 5:15
7. Leviticus 7:2-5

Footnotes 3

[a]. Ch 5:20 in Heb
[b]. Or "deposited with"
[c]. Lit "in its sum"