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Poor Person’s Sacrifices. 21 If a person is poor and cannot afford so much,(A) that person shall take one male lamb for a reparation offering, to be used as an elevated offering in atonement, one tenth of an ephah of bran flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or pigeons, which the individual can more easily afford, the one as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering. 23 On the eighth day of purification the person shall bring them to the priest, at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord.

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21 “If, however, they are poor(A) and cannot afford these,(B) they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah[a] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons,(C) such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.(D)

23 “On the eighth day they must bring them for their cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(E) before the Lord.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms