Focused Passage

Leviticus 6:1-7

Restitution and Priestly Stewardship of the Offerings

The LORD requires restitution for deceptive wrongdoing against neighbors and then commands the priests to steward the continual fire, burnt offering, grain offering, ordination grain offering, and sin offering with holiness and precision.

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

1 And the LORD said to Moses,

2 “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

3 or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

4 once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

5 or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

6 Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.

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.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

And the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר H1696 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Moses מֹשֶׁ֥ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . לֵּאמֹֽר׃ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 2

Original words

If כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction someone נֶ֚פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular sins תֶחֱטָ֔א H2398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular and acts וּמָעֲלָ֥ה H4603 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular unfaithfully מַ֖עַל H4604 Noun - masculine singular against the LORD בַּיהוָ֑ה H3068 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular by deceiving וְכִחֵ֨שׁ H3584 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular his neighbor בַּעֲמִית֜וֹ H5997 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular in regard to a deposit בְּפִקָּד֗וֹן H6487 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular or security בִתְשׂ֤וּמֶת H8667 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct entrusted to him יָד֙ H3027 Noun - feminine singular or אֽוֹ־ H176 Conjunction stolen בְגָזֵ֔ל H1498 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular . . . א֖וֹ H176 Conjunction or א֣וֹ H176 Conjunction if he extorts עָשַׁ֥ק H6231 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker his neighbor עֲמִיתֽוֹ׃ H5997 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 3

Original words

or אֽוֹ־ H176 Conjunction finds מָצָ֧א H4672 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular lost property אֲבֵדָ֛ה H9 Noun - feminine singular and lies וְכִ֥חֶשׁ H3584 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular about it בָּ֖הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular and swears וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע H7650 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - עַל־ H5921 Preposition falsely שָׁ֑קֶר H8267 Noun - masculine singular - עַל־ H5921 Preposition or if he commits any such sin לַחֲטֹ֥א H2398 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . אַחַ֗ת H259 Number - feminine singular . . . מִכֹּ֛ל H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular that אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative . . . בָהֵֽנָּה׃ Preposition-b | Pronoun - third person feminine plural a man הָאָדָ֖ם H120 Article | Noun - masculine singular might commit יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

- וְהָיָה֮ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular once כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction he has sinned יֶחֱטָ֣א H2398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and becomes guilty וְאָשֵׁם֒ H816 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular he must return וְהֵשִׁ֨יב H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker what אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative . . . גָּזָ֗ל H1497 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular he has stolen הַגְּזֵלָ֜ה H1500 Article | Noun - feminine singular or א֤וֹ H176 Conjunction - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker - הָעֹ֙שֶׁק֙ H6233 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative taken by extortion עָשָׁ֔ק H6231 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular or א֚וֹ H176 Conjunction - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the deposit הַפִּקָּד֔וֹן H6487 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative entrusted הָפְקַ֖ד H6485 Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular to him אִתּ֑וֹ H854 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular or א֥וֹ H176 Conjunction - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the lost property הָאֲבֵדָ֖ה H9 Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative he found מָצָֽא׃ H4672 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 5

Original words

or א֠וֹ H176 Conjunction anything else מִכֹּ֞ל H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular about עָלָיו֮ H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular which אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative he has sworn יִשָּׁבַ֣ע H7650 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular falsely לַשֶּׁקֶר֒ H8267 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular He must make בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ H7218 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular restitution in full וְשִׁלַּ֤ם H7999 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֹתוֹ֙ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular add יֹסֵ֣ף H3254 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular a fifth וַחֲמִשִׁתָ֖יו H2549 Conjunctive waw | Number - ordinal feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular of the value עָלָ֑יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular and pay it יִתְּנֶ֖נּוּ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular to the owner לַאֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative . . . ה֥וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular . . . ל֛וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular on the day בְּי֥וֹם H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct [he acknowledges] his guilt אַשְׁמָתֽוֹ׃ H819 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

- וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Then he must bring יָבִ֖יא H935 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the priest הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular his guilt offering אֲשָׁמ֥וֹ H817 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular to the LORD לַיהוָ֑ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular an unblemished תָּמִ֧ים H8549 Adjective - masculine singular ram אַ֣יִל H352 Noun - masculine singular of proper value בְּעֶרְכְּךָ֥ H6187 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular from מִן־ H4480 Preposition the flock הַצֹּ֛אן H6629 Article | Noun - common singular - לְאָשָׁ֖ם H817 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 7

Original words

In this way the priest הַכֹּהֵ֛ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular will make atonement וְכִפֶּ֨ר H3722 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular for him עָלָ֧יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular before לִפְנֵ֥י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and he will be forgiven וְנִסְלַ֣ח H5545 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular for עַל־ H5921 Preposition anything אַחַ֛ת H259 Number - feminine singular . . . מִכֹּ֥ל H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶֽׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative he may have done יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to incur guilt לְאַשְׁמָ֥ה H819 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular

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