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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text addresses an individual who has incurred guilt and confessed a specific sin, directing them to present a substitutionary animal to the priesthood. This instruction occurs within the Levitical code regulating sin and guilt offerings immediately following the confession mandate.

The words — The phrase אֲשָמ֣/וֹ ('a.sha.M/o) translates literally to "his guilt offering," designating the specific sacrificial category required. The verb חָטָ֜א (cha.Ta') means "he has sinned," anchoring the offering to a completed transgression.

The thread — The requirement for a female lamb or goat parallels Leviticus 4:28 and Leviticus 4:32, which also mandate female livestock for sin offerings. Leviticus 5:7 provides a scaled-down alternative of two turtledoves or pigeons when the standard animal is financially unattainable.

Why it lands — The text requires the offerer to provide a specific animal to secure priestly atonement for a confessed sin. It establishes a concrete ritual and financial cost for resolving guilt before Yahweh.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

Cross-references

Leviticus 4:28 When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
Leviticus 4:32 If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
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 6:6 Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
Leviticus 7:1 “Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
Leviticus 14:12 Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus 19:21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.
Ezekiel 40:39 Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
Ezekiel 42:13 Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
Numbers 6:12 He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.