Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh.”
- BSB one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.
- NKJV such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord.
- NASB He shall offer what he can afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.
- NLT One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the Lord.
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Quick answer
One bird is offered as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering with the meal offering, and the priest makes atonement. It matters because the poor man receives full atonement through the offerings he can afford.
Overview
The two birds serve as sin and burnt offerings alongside the grain offering, completing the atonement for the poor worshiper. Both purification and consecration are secured, lacking nothing essential. These humble offerings point to Christ, whose single sacrifice accomplishes for all his people what these many offerings only prefigured.
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Cross-references · 2
- Lev 5:7And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
- Lev 14:18And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.
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