Leviticus 5 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Lev 5:1

‘Now if^H3588 a person^H5315 sins^H2398 after he hears^H8085 a [fn]public^H6963 oath^H423 to testify when he is a witness^H5707, whether^H176 he has seen^H7200 or^H176 otherwise known^H3045, if^H518 he does not tell^H5046 it, then he will bear^H5375 his [fn]guilt^H5771.

Lev 5:2

Lev 5:2‘Or a person who touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things—though it is hidden from him, yet he is unclean—will be guilty.

Lev 5:3

Lev 5:3‘Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty.

Lev 5:4

Lev 5:4‘Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with a sworn oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.

Lev 5:5

Lev 5:5‘So it shall be, when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned.

Lev 5:6

Lev 5:6‘He shall also bring his guilt offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has [fn]committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a [fn]goat, as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

Lev 5:7

‘But if^H518 [fn]he cannot^H3808 afford^H5060^H3027 a lamb^H7716, then he shall bring^H935 to Yahweh^H3068 his guilt^H817 offering^H817 for that in which^H834 he has sinned^H2398, two^H8147 turtledoves^H8449 or^H176 two^H8147 young^H1121 pigeons^H3123, one^H259 for a sin^H2403 offering^H2403 and the other^H259 for a burnt^H5930 offering^H5930.

Lev 5:8

Lev 5:8‘And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall bring near first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he shall not separate it.

Lev 5:9

Lev 5:9‘He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering.

Lev 5:10

Lev 5:10‘The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering according to the legal judgment. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has [fn]committed, and it will be forgiven him.

Lev 5:11

‘But if^H518 his [fn]means^H3027 are^H5381 insufficient^H3808^H5381 for two^H8147 turtledoves^H8449 or^H176 two^H8147 young^H1121 pigeons^H3123, then for his offering^H7133 for that which^H834 he has sinned^H2398, he shall bring^H935 the tenth^H6224 of an [fn]ephah^H374 of fine^H5560 flour^H5560 for a sin^H2403 offering^H2403; he shall not place^H7760 oil^H8081 on it or put^H5414 frankincense^H3828 on it, for it is a sin^H2403 offering^H2403.

Lev 5:12

Lev 5:12‘He shall then bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, [fn]with the offerings of Yahweh by fire: it is a sin offering.

Lev 5:13

Lev 5:13‘So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has [fn]committed from one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then the rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering.’”

The Statutes of Guilt Offerings

Lev 5:14

Then Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Lev 5:15

Lev 5:15“If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by [fn]shekels, in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

Lev 5:16

Lev 5:16“And he shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and he shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

Lev 5:17

“Now if^H518 a person^H5315 sins^H2398 and does^H6213 any^H259 one of the things [fn]which^H834 Yahweh^H3068 has commanded^H4687 not to be done^H6213, but he was^H3045 unaware^H3045^H3808, still he is guilty^H816 and shall bear^H5375 his punishment^H5771.

Lev 5:18

Lev 5:18“He is then to bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error in which he sinned unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him.

Lev 5:19

Lev 5:19“It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before Yahweh.”