and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- KJV And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
- NKJV and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- NASB He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.
- NLT Then you must bring to the Lord as the penalty for your sin a female from the flock, either a sheep or a goat. This is a sin offering with which the priest will purify you from your sin, making you right with the Lord.
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Quick answer
The penitent brings a female lamb or goat, and the priest makes atonement for his sin. Confession is sealed by a substitutionary sacrifice.
Overview
Following confession, the worshiper presents a flock animal as his guilt offering, and the priest secures atonement on his behalf. The pairing of confession and sacrifice shows that forgiveness is both heartfelt and grounded in objective atonement. Both meet perfectly in the gospel, where repentant faith rests on the sacrifice of Christ.
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- Lev 4:28When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
- Lev 4:32If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
- Ezek 42:13Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Lev 14:12–13Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
- Lev 6:6Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
- Lev 7:1–7“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
- Lev 19:21–22The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.
- Ezek 40:39Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
- Lev 4:20He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
- Num 6:12He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
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