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“‘If[a] he cannot afford a sheep,[b] he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he sinned two turtledoves or two young doves[c] for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. He shall bring[d] them to the priest, and he shall present that which is for the sin offering first, and the priest[e] shall wring its head off at the back of its neck,[f] but[g] he must not sever it, and he shall spatter some of[h] the sin offering’s blood on the altar’s side, and the leftover blood must be drained out on the altar’s base; it is a sin offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 5:7 Or “And if”
  2. Leviticus 5:7 Literally “his hand does not touch enough of small livestock”
  3. Leviticus 5:7 Literally “sons of dove” or “children of dove”
  4. Leviticus 5:8 Or “And he shall bring”
  5. Leviticus 5:8 Required by the previous action (see NET)
  6. Leviticus 5:8 Literally “from opposite its neck”
  7. Leviticus 5:8 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 5:9 Literally “from”