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or regarding[a] anything about which he has sworn falsely,[b] then[c] he shall repay it according to[d] its value and shall add one-fifth of its value to it—he must give it to whom it belongs[e] on the day of his guilt offering. And he must bring as his guilt offering to Yahweh a ram without defect from the flock[f] by your valuation[g] as a guilt offering to the priest, and the priest shall make atonement for him before[h] Yahweh, and he shall be forgiven anything[i] from all that he might do by which he might incur guilt.”[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “from”
  2. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “in accordance with deception”
  3. Leviticus 6:5 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “in”
  5. Leviticus 6:5 Literally “to whom it is to him”
  6. Leviticus 6:6 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  7. Leviticus 6:6 See 5:15 and 18
  8. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “to the faces of”
  9. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “one”
  10. Leviticus 6:7 Literally “which he might do for incurring guilt by it”

or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution(A) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.(B) And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering,(C) a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.(D) In this way the priest will make atonement(E) for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

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