They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
- KJV And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
- NKJV And they gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock as their trespass offering.
- NASB They pledged to send away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
- NLT They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.
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Quick answer
These priests pledged to put away their wives and offered a ram as a guilt offering. They acknowledged their sin and sought atonement.
Overview
The guilty priests gave their hand as a solemn pledge to act and brought a guilt offering, recognizing the need for atonement alongside their obedience. Their response combined repentance, restitution, and sacrifice. The guilt offering points beyond itself to Christ, the final guilt offering whose blood cleanses from all sin, so that no further sacrifice is needed (Hebrews 10:18).
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- Lev 6:6Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
- 2 Kgs 10:15When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
- 1 Chr 29:24All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
- 2 Chr 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
- Lam 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Lev 6:4once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- Gal 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
- Lev 5:15–16“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
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