Leviticus 5 · Verse 19

Leviticus 5:19

It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord.
Leviticus 5:19, King James Version

Leviticus 5:19 in other translations

BSBIt is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”
WEBIt is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before the LORD.”
ASVIt is a trespass-offering: he is certainly guilty before Jehovah.
YLTit is a guilt-offering; he hath been certainly guilty before Jehovah.'
DARBYIt is a trespass-offering: he hath certainly trespassed against Jehovah.
BBEIt is an offering for his error: he is certainly responsible before the Lord.
WebsterIt is a trespass-offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.

What does Leviticus 5:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 5:17-19

17-19. if a soul sin ... though he wist it not, yet is he guilty--This also refers to holy things, and it differs from the preceding in being one of the doubtful cases,--that is, where conscience suspects, though the understanding be in doubt whether criminality or sin has been committed. The Jewish rabbis give, as an example, the case of a person who, knowing that "the fat of the inwards" is not to be eaten…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 He hath certainly trespassed - And because he hath sinned, therefore he must bring a sacrifice. On no other ground shall he be accepted by the Lord. Reader, how dost thou stand in the sight of thy Maker? On the subject of this chapter it may be proper to make the following reflections. When the infinite purity and strict justice of God are considered, the exceeding breadth of his commandment, our slowness of heart to believe, and our comparatively cold performance of sacred duties, no wonder that there is sinfulness found in our holy things; and at what a low ebb must the Christian life be found when this is the case! This is a sore and degrading evil in the Church of God; but there is one even worse than this, that is, the strenuous endeavor of many religious people to reconcile their minds to this state of inexcusable imperfection, and defend it zealously, on the supposition that it is at once both unavoidable and useful - unavoidable, for they think they cannot live without it; and useful, because they suppose it tends to humble them! The more inward sin a man has, the more pride he will feel; the less, the more humility. A sense of God's infinite kindness to us, and our constant dependence on him, will ever keep the soul in the dust. Sin can never be necessary to the maintenance or extension of the Christian life, it is the thing which Jesus Christ came into the world to destroy; and his name is called Jesus or Savior because he saves his people from their sins. But how little of the spirit and influence of his Gospel is known in the world! He saves, unto the uttermost, them who come unto the Father through him. But alas! how few are thus saved! for they will not come unto him that they might have life. Should any Christian refuse to offer up the following prayer to God? "Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen." - The Liturgy.

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 5:19 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.

אָשָׁ֖ם'a.Sham[is] a guilt offeringH817
ה֑וּאHu'itH1931
אָשֹׁ֥ם'a.Shomcertainly <to be guilty>H816
אָשַׁ֖ם'a.Shamhe was guiltyH816
לַיהוָֽה\׃\ \פla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

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Cross references for Leviticus 5:19

  • Ezra 10:2

    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

  • Psalms 51:4

    Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

  • Malachi 3:8

    Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:19-21

    To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
trespassed.
Ezr 10:2; Ps 51:4; Mal 3:8; 2Co 5:19-21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 5:18

    And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Leviticus 5:19

    It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord.

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Leviticus 5:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Es infracción, y ciertamente delinquió contra Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est un sacrifice pour le délit; certainement il s’est rendu coupable envers l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es ist ein Schuldopfer; er hat sich gewißlich an Jehova verschuldet. Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach: Wenn jemand sündigt und Untreue wider Jehova begeht, daß er seinem Nächsten ein anvertrautes Gut ableugnet oder ein Darlehn oder etwas Geraubtes; oder er hat von seinem Nächsten etwas erpreßt, oder er hat Verlorenes gefunden, und leugnet es ab; und er schwört falsch über irgend etwas von allem, was ein Mensch tun mag, sich darin zu versündigen: so soll es geschehen, wenn er gesündigt und sich verschuldet hat, daß er zurückerstatte das Geraubte, das er geraubt, oder das Erpreßte, das er erpreßt hat, oder das Anvertraute, das ihm anvertraut worden ist, oder das Verlorene, das er gefunden hat, oder alles, worüber er falsch geschworen hat; und er soll es erstatten nach seiner vollen Summe und dessen Fünftel darüber hinzufügen; wem es gehört, dem soll er es geben am Tage seines Schuldopfers. Und sein Schuldopfer soll er Jehova bringen, einen Widder ohne Fehl vom Kleinvieh, nach deiner Schätzung, zum Schuldopfer, zu dem Priester; und der Priester soll Sühnung für ihn tun vor Jehova, und es wird ihm vergeben werden wegen irgend etwas von allem, was er getan hat, sich darin zu verschulden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia per errorem deliquit in Dominum.