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Leviticus 14:31
one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a divine instruction regarding the priest’s duties when performing the cleansing ritual for an individual with a skin disease.
The words — חַטָּ֛את (chatat) denotes a sin offering, and תַּשִּׂ֞יג (tasig) literally means “it will reach” or provide. These terms anchor the ritual’s requirement for specific sacrificial provisions.
The thread — This procedure mirrors the reduced offering for the poor in Leviticus 5:7 and completes the affordability clause introduced in Leviticus 14:30 and 14:32. The atonement mechanism parallels the oil application in Leviticus 14:18.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that ritual cleansing requires concrete provision and priestly mediation. It establishes that atonement before the LORD is achieved through the specified sacrificial sequence, not human merit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 5:7 If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 14:18 The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.