Leviticus 5
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And 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.
2Or 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.
3Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
4Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
5And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
6And 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.
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.
8And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
9And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
10And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
11But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
12Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
13And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
14And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15If 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:
16And 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.
17And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
18And 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.
19It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- עַלʻalH592114× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83413× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אוֹʼôwH17612× in this chapter
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâhH240312× in this chapter
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- אֵתʼêthH85312× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH354811× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- חָטָאchâṭâʼH239810× in this chapter
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
- הוּאhûwʼH19319× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- לֹאlôʼH38089× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30688× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- מִןminH44808× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אָשַׁםʼâshamH8167× in this chapter
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
- אָשָׁםʼâshâmH8177× in this chapter
guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9357× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2596× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼH29315× in this chapter
foul in a religious sense
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30455× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- כָּפַרkâpharH37225× in this chapter
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53155× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אִםʼimH5184× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- סָלַחçâlachH55454× in this chapter
to forgive
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimH81474× in this chapter
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- אַיִלʼayilH3523× in this chapter
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH41963× in this chapter
an altar
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4283× in this chapter
these or those
- נְבֵלָהnᵉbêlâhH50383× in this chapter
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
- נָגַעnâgaʻH50603× in this chapter
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
- עָלַםʻâlamH59563× in this chapter
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- צֹאןtsôʼnH66293× in this chapter
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH69443× in this chapter
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1202× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- דָּםdâmH18182× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- טֻמְאָהṭumʼâhH29322× in this chapter
religious impurity
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),