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Leviticus 6:7
In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Leviticus 6:7 is a declarative statement describing the ritual outcome, positioned between the sinner’s presentation of an unblemished ram (v. 6) and the LORD’s subsequent address to Moses (v. 8). It contains no direct speech from God but explains the priest’s action and its result.
The words — The Hebrew terms כִּפֶּ֨ר (khi.Per, H3722) and נִסְלַ֣ח (nis.Lach, H5545) literally denote “he will make atonement” and “it will be forgiven.” They anchor the verse’s declaration of ritual efficacy and resulting pardon.
The thread — The priest’s atoning action parallels Leviticus 4:26, where similar language marks the completion of a sin offering. Later texts like 1 John 1:9 and 2:1 connect this atonement and forgiveness framework to confession and Christ’s advocacy.
Why it lands — The verse states that ritual atonement before the LORD results in the sinner’s forgiveness for incurred guilt. It requires the reader to recognize the prescribed mechanism for pardon without adding devotional commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
- 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 5:10 And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- 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.”
- Leviticus 5:15 “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 5:18 He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.