Leviticus 5:6
in Leviticus 5and 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 for him concerning his sin.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin.
KJV
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
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This verse in Leviticus 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis place speaks of him that being so unclean did come into the tabernacle, as may be gathered by comparing this place with Num. xix, 13, which if any man did, knowing himself to be unclean, which was the case there, he was to be cut off for it; and if he did it ignorantly, which is the case here, he was upon discovery of it to offer this sacrifice.
This site's exposition
he shall bring his trespass offering
The phrase trespass offering occurs here for the first time in Scripture, and the same verse calls the animal a sin offering, so two names rest on one beast. Commentators have worked at the distinction ever since, and Leviticus draws no line between them in words. A female from the flock is the cheapest animal on the scale of chapter 4, where a bullock answers for the priest and a female kid or lamb for a common man.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, for the sin which he hath sinned,....
The priest must make atonement for him. As the atonement was not accepted without his repentance, so his repentance would not justify him without the atonement. Thus, in our reconciliation to God, Christ's part and ours are both needful.
Here we have the law concerning those that were properly and peculiarly trespass-offerings, which were offered to atone for trespasses done against a neighbour, those sins we commonly call trespasses.
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
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵבִ֣יא | vehevi' | and he will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשָׁמ֣וֹ | ʾashamo | guilt offering his | H817 → | 46 times |
| לַיהוָ֡ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַ֣ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חַטָּאתוֹ֩ | chatato | sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָטָ֜א | chata' | he has sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| נְקֵבָ֨ה | nekevah | a female | H5347 → | 22 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַצֹּ֥אן | hatzon | the flock | H6629 → | 274 times |
| כִּשְׂבָּ֛ה | kisbah | a ewe lamb | H3776 → | |
| אֽוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| שְׂעִירַ֥ת | seirat | a female goat of | H8166 → | |
| עִזִּ֖ים | ʾizim | goats | H5795 → | 74 times |
| לְחַטָּ֑את | lechatat | to a sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְכִפֶּ֥ר | vekhiper | and he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| עָלָ֛יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מֵחַטָּאתֽוֹ׃ | mechatato | from sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
וְהֵבִ֣יאand he will bring
vehevi'H935 →2568 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲשָׁמ֣וֹguilt offering his
ʾashamoH817 →46 times
לַיהוָ֡הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַ֣לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
חַטָּאתוֹ֩sin his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָטָ֜אhe has sinned
chata'H2398 →238 times
נְקֵבָ֨הa female
nekevahH5347 →22 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַצֹּ֥אןthe flock
hatzonH6629 →274 times
כִּשְׂבָּ֛הa ewe lamb
kisbahH3776 →
אֽוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
שְׂעִירַ֥תa female goat of
seiratH8166 →
עִזִּ֖יםgoats
ʾizimH5795 →74 times
לְחַטָּ֑אתto a sin offering
lechatatH2403 →295 times
וְכִפֶּ֥רand he will make atonement
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
עָלָ֛יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
מֵחַטָּאתֽוֹ׃from sin his
mechatatoH2403 →295 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
Leviticus 4:28When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:23
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
- Leviticus 4:3
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Leviticus 4:23
Through
Leviticus 4:32If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:28
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Leviticus 4:28
Through
Leviticus 6:6Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
it leads to
- Leviticus 5:15
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver…
- Leviticus 5:15
Through
Ezekiel 40:39Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:2–3
“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
- Ezekiel 46:2
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in…
- Leviticus 4:2–3
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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 (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.