Discovery BoxLeviticus 5:6 
Context5:6 and he must bring his penalty for guilt 1 to the Lord for his sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, whether a female sheep or a female goat, for a sin offering. So the priest will make atonement 2 on his behalf for 3 his sin.
Leviticus 5:13
Context5:13 So the priest will make atonement 4 on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things, 5 and he will be forgiven. 6 The remainder of the offering 7 will belong to the priest like the grain offering.’” 8
Leviticus 5:16
Context5:16 And whatever holy thing he violated 9 he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest will make atonement 10 on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven.” 11
1 tn In this context the word for “guilt” (אָשָׁם, ’asham) refers to the “penalty” for incurring guilt, the so-called consequential אָשָׁם (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:303; cf. the note on Lev 5:1).
2 sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).
3 tn See the note on 4:26 regarding the use of מִן (min).
4 sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).
5 tn Heb “from one from these,” referring to the four kinds of violations of the law delineated in Lev 5:1-4 (see the note on Lev 5:5 above and cf. Lev 4:27).
6 tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).
7 tn Heb “and it”; the referent (the remaining portion of the offering) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “and it shall be to the priest like the grain offering,” referring to the rest of the grain that was not offered on the altar (cf. the regulations in Lev 2:3, 10).
9 tn Heb “and which he sinned from the holy thing.”
10 sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.
11 tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).
