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Leviticus 5:16

Earthly Sanctuary System Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Atonement Process

“And 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.”

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

If 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:

And 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.

And 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.

And 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.

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Earthly Sanctuary System

While the verse mentions a priest, atonement, and a trespass offering, it does not explicitly detail the physical structure of a sanctuary, tabernacle, or temple, nor does it describe the broader sacrificial system beyond this specific offering.

Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)

This verse describes a specific offering for an individual's trespass against a "holy thing" and the subsequent atonement by a priest, which is a regular, ongoing ritual, not the unique annual ceremony of Yom Kippur. The text makes no mention of an annual event, sanctuary cleansing, or a scapegoat ritual.

Atonement Process

The verse primarily describes a financial restitution process for harm done to a "holy thing" and a payment to a priest, rather than focusing on the broader mechanics of forgiveness or reconciliation between God and humanity.

Earthly Sanctuary System

Related Verses

Leviticus 5:18

“And 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.”

Leviticus 5:13

“And 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.”

Leviticus 5:10

“And 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.”

Leviticus 19:22

“And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.”

Leviticus 5:6

“And 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.”

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Earthly Sanctuary System Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Atonement Process

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