Sins Requiring a Sin Offering
(Leviticus 4:1–35; Leviticus 6:24–30)
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity. Lev 5:17Pro 29:24Lev 19:8Lev 7:18Mat 26:631Ki 8:31Ezk 18:4Isa 53:11
Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty. Lev 5:17Deu 14:8Hag 2:13Lev 11:11Lev 11:24-40Num 19:11-162Co 6:17Isa 52:11
Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty. Lev 12:1-8Lev 15:1-33Num 19:11-16Lev 22:4-6
Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter. Ecc 5:2-6Jdg 11:31Act 23:12Mrk 6:231Sa 25:22Num 30:81Sa 1:111Sa 14:24-28
If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed, Pro 28:13Num 5:7Lev 26:40Lev 16:21Ezr 10:11-12Rom 10:101Jn 1:8-10Dan 9:4 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. Lev 4:28Lev 4:32Ezk 40:39Ezk 42:13Lev 14:12-13Lev 19:21-22Lev 4:20Lev 6:6
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. Lev 12:8Lev 14:21-222Co 8:12Heb 10:6-10Lev 14:31Lev 5:8-9Mat 10:16Mat 3:16 He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it; Lev 1:15Lev 1:171Pe 3:18Rom 4:25 then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. Lev 4:18Lev 4:30Lev 4:34Lev 4:7Lev 4:25Heb 12:24Heb 2:10Isa 42:21 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. Lev 1:14-17Lev 4:26Lev 4:201Jn 2:2Eph 5:2Jas 5:15Lev 4:31Lev 4:35
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour 1as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. Num 5:15Lev 2:1-2Num 15:4-9Exo 16:18Exo 16:36Isa 53:2-10Lev 2:15-16Lev 2:4-5 He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the offerings made by fire to the LORD; it is a sin offering. Lev 2:9Lev 4:35Lev 2:2Act 10:4Eph 5:2Lev 1:13Lev 1:17Lev 1:9 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.” Lev 2:3Lev 4:261Co 9:131Sa 2:28Hos 4:8Lev 2:10Lev 4:20Lev 4:31
Laws for Guilt Offerings
(Leviticus 6:1–7; Leviticus 7:1–10)
Then the LORD said to Moses, “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 2in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; 3 it is a guilt offering. Exo 30:13Ezr 10:19Lev 4:2Deu 15:19-20Lev 22:1-16Lev 27:9-33Lev 6:6Lev 7:1 Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven. Lev 22:14Num 5:7Lev 27:13Lev 27:15Lev 27:31Lev 6:4-5Lev 27:27Lev 4:26
If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. Lev 4:27Lev 4:13Lev 4:2-4Psa 19:12Lev 4:22Lev 5:15Lev 5:1-2Luk 12:48 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. Lev 5:15-161Ti 2:5-6Lev 1:4Lev 4:20Lev 6:6-7 It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty 4before the LORD.” 2Co 5:19-21Ezr 10:2Mal 3:8Psa 51:4