Leviticus 6:1-11
1[Heb. 5:20] ▼▼ Beginning with 6:1, the verse numbers through 6:30 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 6:1 ET = 5:20 HT, 6:2 ET = 5:21 HT, 6:8 ET = 6:1 HT, etc., through 6:30 ET = 6:23 HT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English text and Hebrew text are again the same.
Then the Lord spoke to Moses: ▼ 2“When a person sins and commits a trespass ▼ against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen ▼▼ Or “neighbor” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NASB “companion”; TEV “a fellow-Israelite.”
in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, ▼▼ Heb “has extorted his neighbor”; ASV “oppressed”; NRSV “defrauded.”
3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely ▼▼ Heb “and swears on falsehood”; cf. CEV “deny something while under oath.”
concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin ▼▼ Heb “on one from all which the man shall do to sin in them.”
– 4when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, ▼▼ Heb “and it shall happen, when he sins and becomes guilty,” which is both resumptive of the previous (vv. 2–3) and the conclusion to the protasis (cf. “then” introducing the next clause as the apodosis). In this case, “becomes guilty” (cf. NASB, NIV) probably refers to his legal status as one who has been convicted of a crime in court; thus the translation “he is found guilty.” See R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:559–61.
then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, ▼▼ Heb “that had been held in trust with him.”
or the lost thing that he had found, 5or anything about which he swears falsely. ▼▼ Heb “or from all which he swears on it to falsehood.”
He must restore it in full ▼▼ Heb “in its head.” This refers “the full amount” in terms of the “principal,” the original item or amount obtained illegally (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:338; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 84).
and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty. ▼▼ Heb “to whom it is to him he shall give it in the day of his being guilty.” The present translation is based on the view that he has been found guilty through the legal process (see the note on v. 4 above; cf., e.g., TEV and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 33–34). Others translate the latter part as “in the day he offers his guilt [reparation] offering” (e.g., NIV and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 73, 84), or “in the day he realizes his guilt” (e.g., NRSV and J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:319, 338).
6Then he must bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, ▼ for a guilt offering to the priest. 7So the priest will make atonement ▼ on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven ▼▼ Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).
for whatever he has done to become guilty.” ▼▼ Heb “on one from all which he does to become guilty in it”; NAB “whatever guilt he may have incurred.”
Sacrificial Instructions for the Priests: The Burnt Offering
8 [Heb. 6:1] ▼ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: ▼▼ The following paragraphs are Lev 6:8–30 in the English Bible but 6:1–23 in the Hebrew text. This initial verse makes the special priestly regulations for the people’s burnt and grain offerings into a single unit (i.e., Lev 6:8–18 [6:1–11 HT]; cf. Lev 1–2 above). Note also the separate introductions for various priestly regulations in Lev 6:19 [12 HT], 24 [17 HT], and for the common people in Lev 7:22, 28 below.
9“Command Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth ▼▼ Heb “It is the burnt offering on the hearth.”
on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it. ▼▼ Heb “in it.” In this context “in it” apparently refers to the “hearth” which was on top of the altar.
10Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings ▼▼ The exact nature of this article of the priest’s clothing is difficult to determine. Cf. KJV, ASV “breeches”; NAB “drawers”; NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “undergarments”; NCV “underclothes”; CEV “underwear”; TEV “shorts.”
over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar, ▼▼ Heb “he shall lift up the fatty ashes which the fire shall consume the burnt offering on the altar.”
and he must place them ▼▼ Heb “it,” referring the “fatty ashes” as a single unit.
beside the altar. 11Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially ▼▼ The word “ceremonially” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that the uncleanness of the place involved is ritual or ceremonial in nature.
clean place,
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