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Leviticus 5:13
In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Moses, concluding the ritual instructions for a specific sin offering. The passage follows the command to present a measured portion of fine flour as the offering.
The words — כִּפֶּר (khipper) means he will make atonement, and עַל (al) denotes the preposition on or for the person. These terms anchor the priest’s action to the clearance of the sinner’s guilt.
The thread — The allocation of the remainder to the priest matches Leviticus 2:3 and Leviticus 2:10, while the atonement formula parallels Leviticus 4:26. These references establish a consistent pattern for priestly compensation and ritual clearance.
Why it lands — The text states that the priest’s ritual action effects atonement and results in the sinner’s forgiveness, with the leftover portion legally transferred to the priest. It requires the reader to accept the prescribed mechanism of clearance without adding external conditions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 2:3 The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.
- 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.
- Leviticus 2:10 But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.
- 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.
- 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. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:6 and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 7:6 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- 1 Samuel 2:28 And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
- Hosea 4:8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
- 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?