Leviticus 5:13

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֜ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
atonement	וְכִפֶּר֩ ve.khi.Per	H3722	to cover (specifically with bitumen) · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sin	חַטָּאת֧וֹ cha.ta.To	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sinned	חָטָ֛א cha.Ta'	H2398	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
one	מֵֽאַחַ֥ת me.'a.Chat	H259	properly · preposition + cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
forgiven	וְנִסְלַ֣ח ve.nis.Lach	H5545	to forgive · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
priest’s	לַכֹּהֵ֖ן la.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
offering	כַּמִּנְחָֽה ka.min.Chah	H4503	a donation · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 2:3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
Leviticus 4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him…
Leviticus 2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fir…
Leviticus 4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atone…
Leviticus 4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it…
Leviticus 5:6 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 goa…
Leviticus 7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
1 Samuel 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me?…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 5:7-13

Provision is here made for the poor of God's people, and the pacifying of their consciences under the sense of guilt. Those that were not able to bring a lamb might bring for a sin-offering a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons; nay, if any were so extremely poor that they were not able to procure these so often as they would have occasion, they might bring a pottle of fine flour, and this should be accepted. Thus the expense of the sin-offering was brought lower than that of any other offering, to teach us that no man's poverty shall ever be a bar in the way of his pardon. The poorest of all may have atonement made for them, if it be not their own fault. Thus the poor are evangelized;…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 5:6

he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sins which he hath sinned--A trespass offering differed from a sin offering in the following respects: that it was appointed for persons who had either done evil unwittingly, or were in doubt as to their own criminality; or felt themselves in such a special situation as required sacrifices of that kind [BROWN]. The trespass offering appointed in such cases was a female lamb or kid; if unable to make such an offering, he might bring a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons--the one to be offered for a sin offering, the other for a burnt offering; or if even that was beyond his ability, the law would be satisfied with the tenth part…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 5:11

Tenth part of an ephah - About three quarts. The ephah contained a little more than seven gallons and a half.

John Gill on Leviticus 5:13

And the priest shall make an atonement for him,.... By burning the handful of flour brought by him, as an emblem of the painful sufferings of Christ, whereby he made atonement for the sins of his people: as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these; for whatsoever sin he had committed in any of the above cases, Leviticus 5:1, and it shall be forgiven him; upon the foot of the atonement made; See Gill on Leviticus 5:10, and the remnant shall be the priest's as a meat offering; the whole tenth part of an ephah of fine flour was the priest's, excepting the handful he took and burnt, just as in the case of a common meat offering, Leviticus 2:3.

Dictionary and topics

Flour — Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled with water…
Atonement · By meat offerings — By meat offerings
Defilement · .Touching — .Touching
Ignorance · SINS OF — SINS OF
Trespass Offering · Consisted of: A meat offering by the very poor — Consisted of: A meat offering by the very poor

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 5:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 5:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 5:6

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 5:11

John Gill on Leviticus 5:13

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 5:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 5:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 5:6

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 5:11

John Gill on Leviticus 5:13

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 5:1-13

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 5:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 5:13

Rashi on Leviticus 5:13