Leviticus 5:13
in Leviticus 5In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as the meal-offering.
KJV
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.
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This verse in Leviticus 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAs a meal offering - As it was in the meal-offering, where all, except one handful, fell to the share of the priests. And this is the rather mentioned here, because in the foregoing sacrifices, chap. iv, 3, &c. chap. iv, 13, &c. the priest had no part reserved for him.
This site's exposition
the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour
on Leviticus 5:11-13
Below the birds the text goes down to flour, and the offering keeps the name sin offering while carrying no blood at all. No oil and no frankincense go on it, so the two things that make the meat offering of chapter 2 a glad gift are taken out of this one. Hebrews 9:22 says that almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and the word almost is doing work here, since this is the offering the rule steps around. Leviticus gives no reason for the exception, and the priest still burns the handful on an altar that carries blood already.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the priest shall make an atonement for him,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sins which he hath sinned--A trespass offering differed from a sin offering in the following respects: that it was appointed for persons who had either done evil unwittingly, or were in doubt as to their own criminality; or felt themselves in such a special situation as required sacrifices of that kind [BROWN].
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The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִפֶּר֩ | vekhiper | and he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| עָלָ֨יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חַטָּאת֧וֹ | chatato | sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָטָ֛א | chata' | he has sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| מֵֽאַחַ֥ת | meachat | any one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֵאֵ֖לֶּה | meeleh | of these [things] | H428 → | 746 times |
| וְנִסְלַ֣ח | venislach | and it will be forgiven | H5545 → | 46 times |
| ל֑וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| וְהָיְתָ֥ה | vehayetah | and it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לַכֹּהֵ֖ן | lakohen | to the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| כַּמִּנְחָֽה׃ ס | kaminchah | like the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
וְכִפֶּר֩and he will make atonement
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
עָלָ֨יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
חַטָּאת֧וֹsin his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
חָטָ֛אhe has sinned
chata'H2398 →238 times
מֵֽאַחַ֥תany one
meachatH259 →971 times
מֵאֵ֖לֶּהof these [things]
meelehH428 →746 times
וְנִסְלַ֣חand it will be forgiven
venislachH5545 →46 times
ל֑וֹto <the> him
lo
וְהָיְתָ֥הand it will belong
vehayetahH1961 →3559 times
לַכֹּהֵ֖ןto the priest
lakohenH3548 →750 times
כַּמִּנְחָֽה׃ סlike the grain offering
kaminchahH4503 →211 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
it leads to
- Isaiah 56:11
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Isaiah 56:11
Through
Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:12–13
And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the…
- Leviticus 21:22
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
- Leviticus 6:16–17
Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 10:12–13
Through
Leviticus 4:26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:20
He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:20
Through
Leviticus 5:6and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:32
If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
- Leviticus 4:32
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.