Focused Passage

Leviticus 19:20-22

Be Holy Because I Am Holy: Covenant Life Before God and Neighbor

The LORD commands the whole assembly of Israel to be holy because He is holy, then applies that holiness across reverence for parents, Sabbath keeping, rejection of idols, proper fellowship offerings, care for the poor and foreigner, honesty, justice, love of neighbor, sexual and agricultural boundaries, rejection of pagan practices, Sabbath and sanctuary reverence, honoring the elderly, love for the foreigner, and honest weights and measures.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

20 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.

22 The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.

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Verse 20

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 22:23 Classic cross-references

Original words

If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a man וְ֠אִישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular lies יִשְׁכַּ֨ב H7901 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Preposition - שִׁכְבַת־ H7902 Noun - feminine singular construct carnally זֶ֗רַע H2233 Noun - masculine singular - אִשָּׁ֜ה H802 Noun - feminine singular vvv וְהִ֤וא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular with a slave girl שִׁפְחָה֙ H8198 Noun - feminine singular promised נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת H2778 Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular to another man לְאִ֔ישׁ H376 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular but who has not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . נִפְדָּ֔תָה H6299 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular been redeemed וְהָפְדֵּה֙ H6299 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Infinitive absolute or א֥וֹ H176 Conjunction given נִתַּן־ H5414 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular her לָ֑הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular freedom חֻפְשָׁ֖ה H2668 Noun - feminine singular there must be תִּהְיֶ֛ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular due punishment בִּקֹּ֧רֶת H1244 Noun - feminine singular [But] they are not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to be put to death יוּמְת֖וּ H4191 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural because כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction . . . לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle she had not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle been freed חֻפָּֽשָׁה׃ H2666 Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular

Verse 21

Cross-references

Leviticus 6:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

[The man,] however, must bring וְהֵבִ֤יא H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker a ram אֵ֖יל H352 Noun - masculine singular construct to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the entrance פֶּ֖תַח H6607 Noun - masculine singular construct to the Tent אֹ֣הֶל H168 Noun - masculine singular construct of Meeting מוֹעֵ֑ד H4150 Noun - masculine singular as his guilt offering אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ H817 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . אָשָֽׁם׃ H817 Noun - masculine singular to the LORD לַֽיהוָ֔ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 22

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The priest הַכֹּהֵ֜ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular shall make atonement וְכִפֶּר֩ H3722 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular on his behalf עָלָ֨יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular before לִפְנֵ֣י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular with the ram בְּאֵ֤יל H352 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the guilt offering הָֽאָשָׁם֙ H817 Article | Noun - masculine singular for עַל־ H5921 Preposition the sin חַטָּאת֖וֹ H2403 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative he has committed חָטָ֑א H2398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular and he will be forgiven וְנִסְלַ֣ח H5545 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular the sin מֵחַטָּאת֖וֹ H2403 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative he has committed חָטָֽא׃פ H2398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

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