Leviticus 5:10

5:10 The second bird he must make a burnt offering according to the standard regulation. So the priest will make atonement on behalf of this person for his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 14:53

14:53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.

Leviticus 17:13

17:13 “‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who hunts a wild animal 10  or a bird that may be eaten 11  must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,


tn The word “bird” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

sn The term “[standard] regulation” (מִשְׁפָּט, mishppat) here refers to the set of regulations for burnt offering birds in Lev 1:14-17.

sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).

tn See the note on 4:26 with regard to מִן, min.

tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).

tn Heb “to from outside to the city.”

tc A few medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from the house of Israel” as in vv. 3, 8, and 10, but the LXX agrees with the MT.

tn Heb “from the sojourner who sojourns.”

tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and certain mss of Smr have “your” (plural) rather than “their” (cf. v. 10 above).

10 tn Heb “[wild] game of animal.”

11 tn That is, it must be a clean animal, not an unclean animal (cf. Lev 11).