Leviticus 6:1-7
6:2 a sins against your associate ... unfaithful to the Lord: For believers, there really is no such thing as a “secular” sin. All sin involves God, even sin directed against another person or group. In the sins requiring a guilt offering, God’s forgiveness was needed, but restitution to the injured individual had to be made first (6:5-7 b; cp. Matt 5:23-24 c). Unlike offenses against sacred property (Lev 5:14-16 d), both accidental and intentional offenses against secular property could be forgiven.6:5 e The instructions for the guilt offering assumed that a person’s conscience would induce voluntary reparation; when restitution was voluntary, the surcharge for loss of use to the owner was always 20 percent. Penalties were more severe in other cases (cp. Exod 22:1-15 f). There is a clear difference between voluntary confession and simply admitting sin after being caught.
6:7 g will purify you before the Lord, making you right with him: God graciously gave his people a way to atone for their sins. See also study notes on 1:4; 4:20.
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