It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the Lord.”
Parallel translations
- WEB It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before Yahweh.”
- KJV It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
- BSB It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”
- NKJV It is a trespass offering; he has certainly trespassed against the Lord.”
- NLT This is a guilt offering, for you have been guilty of an offense against the Lord.”
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Quick answer
It is a trespass offering, and the offender is certainly guilty before the LORD. The verse affirms the reality of guilt that the offering addresses.
Overview
The summary statement insists on the worshiper's real guilt before God, leaving no room to minimize sin. The guilt offering exists precisely because the trespass is genuine and serious. Honest reckoning with guilt prepares the heart to value the atonement God provides, fully realized in the sacrifice of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Mal 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
- Ezra 10:2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
- Ps 51:4Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
- 2 Cor 5:19–21namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
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Christ at the center
Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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