Leviticus 5:1
Context5:1 “‘When a person sins 1 in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify 2 and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened 3 ) and he does not make it known, 4 then he will bear his punishment for iniquity. 5
Leviticus 5:18
Context5:18 and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, 6 for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement 7 on his behalf for his error which he committed 8 (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven. 9
Leviticus 8:21
Context8:21 but the entrails and the legs he washed with water, 10 and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar – it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 11
Leviticus 10:19
Context10:19 But Aaron spoke to Moses, “See here! 12 Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the Lord have been pleased?” 13
1 tn Heb “And a person when he sins.” Most English versions translate this as the protasis of a conditional clause: “if a person sins” (NASB, NIV).
sn The same expression occurs in Lev 4:2 where it introduces sins done “by straying unintentionally from any of the commandments of the
2 tn The words “against one who fails to testify” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied to make sense of the remark about the “curse” (“imprecation” or “oath”; cf. ASV “adjuration”; NIV “public charge”) for the modern reader. For the interpretation of this verse reflected in the present translation see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:292-97.
3 tn The words “what had happened” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
4 tn Heb “and hears a voice of curse, and he is a witness or he saw or he knew, if he does not declare.”
5 tn Heb “and he shall bear his iniquity.” The rendering “bear the punishment (for the iniquity)” reflects the use of the word “iniquity” to refer to the punishment for iniquity (cf. NRSV, NLT “subject to punishment”). It is sometimes referred to as the consequential use of the term (cf. Lev 5:17; 7:18; 10:17; etc.).
6 tn The statement here is condensed. See the full expression in 5:15 and the note there.
7 sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.
8 tn Heb “on his straying which he strayed.” See the note on Lev 4:2.
9 tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV and NASB both similar).
10 tn Again, Aaron probably did the washing (v. 21a), but Moses presented the portions on the altar (v. 21b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).
11 tn See Lev 1:9, 13.
12 tn Or “Behold!” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “See.”
13 tn Heb “today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the