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Leviticus 19:22

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The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned: and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him.

KJV

And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

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This verse in Leviticus 19

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

If a man lies carnally with a slave girl

on Leviticus 19:20-22

This is the chapter's one ruling written as a legal case. The death sentence of Leviticus 20:10 is withheld "because she had not been freed".

This site's exposition

he will be forgiven the sin he has committed

Forgiveness comes through the priest's atonement with the ram, as it does for the guilt offerings of 5:16 and 6:7. Matthew Henry reads the penalty and the offering together as guarding the honor of marriage, even where the marriage had only begun with betrothal.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the priest shall make an atonement for him,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was for the honour of marriage, though but begun by betrothing, that the crime should be punished; but it was for the honour of freedom that it should not be punished as the debauching of a free woman was, so great was the difference then made between bond and free ( Gal. iv. 30 ); but the gospel of Christ knows no such distinction, Col. iii.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְכִפֶּר֩and he will make atonement

    vekhiperH3722 →102 times

  • עָלָ֨יוon him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • בְּאֵ֤ילby [the] ram of

    beeilH352 →187 times

  • הָֽאָשָׁם֙the guilt offering

    haashamH817 →46 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • חַטָּאת֖וֹsin his

    chatatoH2403 →295 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • חָטָ֑אhe has sinned

    chata'H2398 →238 times

  • וְנִסְלַ֣חand it will be forgiven

    venislachH5545 →46 times

  • ל֔וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • מֵחַטָּאת֖וֹfrom sin his

    mechatatoH2403 →295 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • חָטָֽא׃ פhe has sinned

    chata'H2398 →238 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 4:20

    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.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 15:25

      The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by…

    • Hebrews 10:10–12

      And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    • Leviticus 12:8

      But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement…

  • Through

    Leviticus 4:26

    He 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.

    • Numbers 15:28

      And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.

    • Leviticus 3:5

      Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    • Leviticus 5:10

      And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he…

    • Leviticus 4:31

      Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 19 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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