The Guilt Offering

¹When a person sins in hearing the spoken oath, and he is a witness, whether he saw or knew about the incident, if he does not report it, he bears guilt.[#Lev 5:17; 7:18; Pr 29:24]

²Or when a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is a carcass of unclean wildlife, or a carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean crawling thing, and he did not realize it, then he has become unclean and guilty.[#Dt 14:8; #Lev 5:17]

³Or when he touches human uncleanness, any uncleanness by which he may become unclean, and he did not realize it, when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.[#Lev 12; 15]

⁴Or when a person swears by speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, anything that a man may speak rashly by oath, and he did not realize it, but when he realizes it, then he has become guilty of any of these things.[#Jdg 11:31]

⁵When he becomes guilty of one of these things, he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing.[#Lev 16:21; 26:40; Nu 5:7]

⁶And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.[#Lev 4:28, 32]

⁷If he cannot afford an animal, then he shall bring for his guilt offering, on account of the sin that he committed, two turtledoves or two pigeons to the Lord , one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.[#Lev 12:8; 14:21–22]

⁸He shall bring them to the priest who shall offer the one for the sin offering first. He will wring off its head at its neck, but he shall not sever it.[#Lev 1:15, 17]

⁹Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be poured out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.[#Lev 4:7, 18]

¹⁰But the second he shall treat as a burnt offering according to the regulation. The priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he committed, and he shall be forgiven.[#Lev 1:14–17; #Lev 4:20, 26]

¹¹But if he cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two pigeons, he shall bring for his offering for the sin that he committed one-tenth of an ephah of wheat flour for a sin offering. He shall not place olive oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.[#5:11 Likely about 31/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.; #Lev 2:1–2; Nu 5:15]

¹²Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall scoop out a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord made by fire. It is a sin offering.[#Lev 2:2, 9]

¹³The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he committed from any of these offenses, and he shall be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.[#Lev 4:26; #Lev 2:3]

Offerings with Restitution

¹⁴The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

¹⁵When a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord , then for his restitution offering to the Lord he shall bring a ram without blemish from the flock—or its equivalent, in your estimation, in shekels of silver (using the sanctuary shekel) —for a guilt offering.[#Lev 4:2; #Ex 30:13; #5:15 About 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams.]

¹⁶And he shall repay the sin that he committed with regard to the holy thing and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.[#Lev 22:14; Nu 5:7]

¹⁷If a person sins unintentionally and does any one of the things that by commandments of the Lord should not be done and he is found guilty, he shall bear his iniquity.[#Lev 4:13, 27]

¹⁸He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock—or its equivalent value —for a guilt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.[#5:18 This is a shorthand version of the full formula found in Lev 5:15.; #Lev 5:15–16]

¹⁹It is a guilt offering: He has indeed incurred guilt before the Lord .