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Leviticus 6:7

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In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah; and he shall be forgiven concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby.

KJV

And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

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This verse in Leviticus 6

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This trespass-offering could not, of itself, make satisfaction for sin, nor reconciliation between God and the sinner, but as it signified the atonement that was to be made by our Lord Jesus, when he should make his soul an offering or sin, a trespass-offering; it is the same word that is here used, Isa. liii.

This site's exposition

And the LORD said to Moses

on Leviticus 6:1-8

A wrong done to a neighbour is called acting unfaithfully against the LORD. The wrongdoer repays the owner in full with a fifth on the day he acknowledges his guilt, and then the ram goes to the priest.

This site's exposition

he will be forgiven for anything he may have done

The priest makes atonement before the LORD with the ram, and the man is forgiven for anything he did to incur guilt. The promise repeats the words that closed the cases at Leviticus 5:10, 13, 16 and 18.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Concerning the meal- offerings, ver. 14-18. Particularly that at the consecration of the priests, ver. 19-23. Concerning the sin-offering, ver. 24-30.

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

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord--This law, the record of which should have been joined with the previous chapter, was given concerning things stolen, fraudulently gotten, or wrongfully kept. The offender was enjoined to make restitution of the articles to the rightful owner, along with a fifth part out of his own possessions.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וְכִפֶּ֨רand he will make atonement

    vekhiperH3722 →102 times

  • עָלָ֧יוon him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְנִסְלַ֣חand it will be forgiven

    venislachH5545 →46 times

  • ל֑וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַחַ֛תone

    ʾachatH259 →971 times

  • מִכֹּ֥לof all

    mikolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶֽׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יַעֲשֶׂ֖הsomeone will do

    yaasehH6213 →2628 times

  • לְאַשְׁמָ֥הto guilt

    leashmahH819 →19 times

  • בָֽהּ׃ פby <the> it

    vah

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Hebrews 9:22According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.24 worksLeviticus 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.6 works1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.3 works1 John 2:1–2My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.3 worksLeviticus 4:35And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.3 worksEzekiel 33:19But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 4:31Then 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. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.2 worksMicah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?2 worksExodus 34:7maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”2 worksEzekiel 18:26–27If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.2 worksLeviticus 5:18He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.2 worksMatthew 12:31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.2 works1 Corinthians 6:9–11Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,2 worksLeviticus 4:20He 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.2 works1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.2 worksEzekiel 18:21–23But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.2 worksEzekiel 33:14–16But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—2 worksLeviticus 5:10And 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 will be forgiven.2 works

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

    1 John 1:9

    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 32:5

      Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

    • Proverbs 28:13

      He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

    • Jeremiah 33:8

      And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

    • Psalms 51:2–5

      Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

    • 1 John 1:7

      But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

  • Through

    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.…

    it leads to

    • 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.

    • Genesis 8:21

      When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…

  • 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.

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 6 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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