Leviticus 5 · Verse 15

Leviticus 5:15

If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
Leviticus 5:15, King James Version

Leviticus 5:15 in other translations

BSB“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.
WEB“If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding the LORD’s holy things, then he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
ASVIf any one commit a trespass, and sin unwittingly, in the holy things of Jehovah; then he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering:
YLT‘When a person committeth a trespass, and hath sinned through ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation in silver--shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary--for a guilt-offering.
DARBYIf any one act unfaithfully and sin through inadvertence in the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring his trespass-offering to Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the small cattle, according to thy valuation by shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering.
BBEIf anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.
WebsterIf a soul shall commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass to the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering:

What does Leviticus 5:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 5:15-16
15-16. sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord, &c.--This is a case of sacrilege committed ignorantly, either in not paying the full due of tithes, first-fruits, and similar tribute in eating of meats, which belonged to the priests alone--or he was required, along with the restitution in money, the amount of which was to be determined by the priest, to offer a ram for a trespass offering, as soon as he came to the knowledge of his involuntary fraud.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 In the holy things of the Lord - This law seems to relate particularly to sacrilege, and defrauds in spiritual matters; such as the neglect to consecrate or redeem the firstborn, the withholding of the first-fruits, tithes, and such like; and, according to the rabbins, making any secular gain of Divine things, keeping back any part of the price of things dedicated to God, or withholding what man had vowed to pay. See a long list of these things in Ainsworth. With thy estimation - The wrong done or the defraud committed should be estimated at the number of shekels it was worth, or for which it would sell. These the defrauder was to pay down, to which he was to add a fifth part more, and bring a ram without blemish for a sin-offering besides. There is an obscurity in the text, but this seems to be its meaning.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 5:14-19

Here are offerings to atone for trespasses against a neighbour. If a man put to his own use unwittingly, any thing dedicated to God, he was to bring this sacrifice. We are to be jealous over ourselves, to ask pardon for the sin, and make satisfaction for the wrong, which we do but suspect ourselves guilty of. The law of God is so very broad, the occasions of sin in this guilty of. The law of God is so very broad…

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Leviticus 5:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נֶ֚פֶשׁNe.feshanyoneH5315
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
תִמְעֹ֣לtim.'Olit will act unfaithfullyH4603
מַ֔עַלMa.'alunfaithfulnessH4604
וְחָֽטְאָה֙ve.cha.te.'Ahand it will sinH2398
בִּשְׁגָגָ֔הbish.ga.Gahby inadvertenceH7684
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖יmi.ka.de.Sheifrom [the] holy things ofH6944
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהֵבִיא֩ve.he.Vi'and he will bringH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲשָׁמ֨וֹ'a.sha.Moguilt offering hisH817
לַֽיהוָ֜הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אַ֧יִל'A.yila ramH352
תָּמִ֣יםta.MimunblemishedH8549
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַצֹּ֗אןha.Tzonthe flockH6629
בְּעֶרְכְּךָ֛be.'er.ke.Khaby valuation yourH6187
כֶּֽסֶף\־ke.sef-silver ofH3701
שְׁקָלִ֥יםshe.ka.LimshekelsH8255
בְּשֶֽׁקֶל\־be.she.kel-by [the] shekel ofH8255
הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944
לְאָשָֽׁם\׃le.'a.Shamto a guilt offeringH817

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Cross references for Leviticus 5:15

  • Exodus 30:13

    This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

  • Ezra 10:19

    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.

  • Leviticus 4:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

  • Leviticus 27:9-33

    And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall present the beast before the priest: And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. …

  • Leviticus 7:6

    Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

  • Leviticus 7:1

    Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

  • Leviticus 6:6

    And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:

  • Leviticus 22:1-16

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord. Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord. What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; …

  • Deuteronomy 15:19-20

    All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.

  • Leviticus 5:1-2

    And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

  • Leviticus 10:17-18

    Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

  • Deuteronomy 12:26

    Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a soul.
1,2; 4:2
in the.
16; 7:1,6; 10:17,18; 22:1-16; 24:5-9; 27:9-33; Nu 18:9-32
De 12:5-12,26; 15:19,20; 26:1-15
ram.
18; 6:6; Ezr 10:19
thy estimation.
26:2-8,12,13,17,18,23-27
the shekel.
27:25; Ex 30:13

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Context

  • Leviticus 5:14

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Leviticus 5:15

    If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:

  • Leviticus 5:16

    And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

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Leviticus 5:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando alguna persona cometiere falta, y pecare por yerro en las cosas santificadas á Jehová, traerá su expiación á Jehová, un carnero sin tacha de los rebaños, conforme á tu estimación, en siclos de plata del siclo del santuario, en ofrenda por el pecado:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si quelqu’un a commis une infidélité et a péché par erreur dans les choses saintes de l’ Éternel, il amènera son sacrifice pour le délit à l’ Éternel, un bélier sans défaut, pris du menu bétail, selon ton estimation en sicles d’argent, selon le sicle du sanctuaire, en sacrifice pour le délit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn jemand Untreue begeht und aus Versehen an den heiligen Dingen Jehovas sündigt, so soll er sein Schuldopfer dem Jehova bringen, einen Widder ohne Fehl vom Kleinvieh, nach deiner Schätzung an Sekeln Silber, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums, zum Schuldopfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Anima si prævaricans cæremonias, per errorem, in his quæ Domino sunt sanctificata, peccaverit, offeret pro delicto suo arietem immaculatum de gregibus, qui emi potest duobus siclis, juxta pondus sanctuarii: