5:1 “‘When a person sins1 in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify2 and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened3) and he does not make it known,4 then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.5 5:2 Or when there is6 a person who touches anything ceremonially7 unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, and it is hidden from him, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;8 5:3 or when he touches human uncleanness with regard to anything by which he can become unclean9 and it is hidden from him, but he himself has come to know it and is guilty; 5:4 or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly10 with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, and it is hidden from him, but he himself has come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths11— 5:5 when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things12 he must confess how he has sinned,13 5:6 and he must bring his penalty for guilt14 to the Lord for his sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, whether a female sheep or a female goat, for a sin offering. So the priest will make atonement15 on his behalf for16 his sin.
5:7 “‘If he cannot afford an animal from the flock,17 he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed,18 two turtledoves or two young pigeons,19 to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. 5:8 He must bring them to the priest and present first the one that is for a sin offering. The priest20 must pinch21 its head at the nape of its neck, but must not sever the head from the body.22 5:9 Then he must sprinkle23 some of the blood of the sin offering on the wall of the altar, and the remainder of the blood24 must be squeezed out at the base of the altar—it is a sin offering. 5:10 The second bird25 he must make a burnt offering according to the standard regulation.26 So the priest will make atonement27 on behalf of this person for28 his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven.29
5:11 “‘If he cannot afford30 two turtledoves or two young pigeons,31 he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed32 a tenth of an ephah33 of choice wheat flour34 for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. 5:12 He must bring it to the priest and the priest must scoop out from it a handful as its memorial portion35 and offer it up in smoke on the altar on the other gifts of the Lord—it is a sin offering. 5:13 So the priest will make atonement36 on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things,37 and he will be forgiven.38 The remainder of the offering39 will belong to the priest like the grain offering.’”40
Guilt Offering Regulations: Known Trespass
5:14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:41 5:15 “When a person commits a trespass42 and sins by straying43 from the regulations about the Lord’s holy things,44 then he must bring his penalty for guilt45 to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel,46 for a guilt offering.47 5:16 And whatever holy thing he violated48 he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest will make atonement49 on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven.”50
Unknown trespass
5:17 “If a person sins and violates any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated51 (although he did not know it, but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity52 5:18 and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels,53 for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement54 on his behalf for his error which he committed55 (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven.56 5:19 It is a guilt offering; he was surely guilty before the Lord.”
Trespass by Deception and False Oath
6:1 57 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:58 6:2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass59 against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen60 in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,61 6:3 or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely62 concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin63— 6:4 when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty,64 then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust,65 or the lost thing that he had found, 6:5 or anything about which he swears falsely.66 He must restore it in full67 and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty.68 6:6 Then he must bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels,69 for a guilt offering to the priest. 6:7 So the priest will make atonement70 on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven71 for whatever he has done to become guilty.”72
Sacrificial Instructions for the Priests: The Burnt Offering
6:8 73 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:74 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth75 on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning in it.76 6:10 Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar,77 and he must place them78 beside the altar. 6:11 Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially79 clean place, 6:12 but the fire which is on the altar must be kept burning on it.80 It must not be extinguished. So the priest must kindle wood on it morning by morning, and he must arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat of the peace offering up in smoke on it. 6:13 A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.
The Grain Offering of the Common Person
6:14 “‘This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron are to present it81 before the Lord in front of the altar, 6:15 and the priest82 must take up with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering83 and some of its olive oil, and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he must offer its memorial portion84 up in smoke on the altar85 as a soothing aroma to the Lord.86 6:16 Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left over from it. It must be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent. 6:17 It must not be baked with leaven.87 I have given it as their portion from my gifts. It is most holy,88 like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 6:18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion89 throughout your generations90 from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts91 must be holy.’”92
The Grain Offering of the Priests
6:19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:93 6:20 “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons which they must present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah94 of choice wheat flour95 as a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 6:21 It must be made with olive oil on a griddle and you must bring it well soaked,96 so you must present a grain offering of broken pieces97 as a soothing aroma to the Lord. 6:22 The high priest who succeeds him98 from among his sons must do it. It is a perpetual statute; it must be offered up in smoke as a whole offering to the Lord. 6:23 Every grain offering of a priest must be a whole offering; it must not be eaten.”
The Sin Offering
6:24 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:99 6:25 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered the sin offering must be slaughtered before the Lord. It is most holy.100 6:26 The priest who offers it for sin is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Meeting Tent. 6:27 Anyone who touches its meat must be holy, and whoever spatters some of its blood on a garment,101 you must wash102 whatever he spatters it on in a holy place. 6:28 Any clay vessel it is boiled in must be broken, and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel103 must be rubbed out and rinsed in water. 6:29 Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.104 6:30 But any sin offering from which some of its blood is brought into the Meeting Tent to make atonement in the sanctuary must not be eaten. It must be burned with fire.
The Guilt Offering