3 Or if he touches ahuman uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
4 ‘Or if a person1 swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips ato do evil or bto do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
5 ‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall aconfess that he has sinned in that thing;
6 and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
7 a‘If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord, for his trespass which he has committed, two bturtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Leviticus 5:5.
Leviticus 5:1-6
The difference between the two words is primarily one of attitude in the person committing the sin. You will notice that sometimes in chapters 4 and 5 the person, for a while, didn't even know that he did it. Then when the knowledge came that he did, then he confessed his sin and he made the offering. He was guilty.
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