Discovery BoxLeviticus 5:7 
Context5:7 “‘If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, 1 he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, 2 two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 3 to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 7:21
Context7:21 When a person touches anything unclean (whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature) 4 and eats some of the meat of the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people.’” 5
1 tn Heb “and if his hand does not reach enough of a flock animal” (see the note on v. 11 below). The term translated “animal from the flock” (שֶׂה, seh) is often translated “lamb” (e.g., KJV, NASB, NIV, NCV) or “sheep” (e.g., NRSV, TEV, NLT), but it clearly includes either a sheep or a goat here (cf. v. 6), referring to the smaller pasture animals as opposed to the larger ones (i.e., cattle; cf. 4:3). Some English versions use the more generic “animal” (e.g., NAB, CEV).
2 tn Heb “and he shall bring his guilt which he sinned,” which is an abbreviated form of Lev 5:6, “and he shall bring his [penalty for] guilt to the
3 tn See the note on Lev 1:14 above.
4 sn For these categories of unclean animals see Lev 11.
5 sn For the interpretation of this last clause see the note on Lev 7:20.
