Lev 6:5-7 | TNotes | STEP | 6:5 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 ). There is a clear difference between voluntary confession and simply admitting sin after being caught.

bExod 22:1-15►

‏ Leviticus 6:5-7

6:5 ^a 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 ^b). There is a clear difference between voluntary confession and simply admitting sin after being caught.
6:7 ^c 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.