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Or when a person[a] swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, to do evil or to do good with regard to[b] anything that the person[c] in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but[d] he is unaware of it,[e] he will be guilty in any of[f] these. When he becomes guilty in any of[g] these, he shall confess[h] what he has sinned regarding[i] it, and he shall bring his guilt offering to[j] Yahweh for his sin that he has committed:[k] a female from the flock,[l] a ewe-lamb or a she-goat,[m] as a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for[n] his sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 5:4 Or “a soul”
  2. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “for” or “to” (see HALOT 510)
  3. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “the man”
  4. Leviticus 5:4 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “it is concealed from him”
  6. Leviticus 5:4 Literally “for one of”
  7. Leviticus 5:5 Literally “for one of”
  8. Leviticus 5:5 Or “and he shall confess”
  9. Leviticus 5:5 Literally “upon” or “against”
  10. Leviticus 5:6 Or “for”
  11. Leviticus 5:6 Literally “sinned”
  12. Leviticus 5:6 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  13. Leviticus 5:6 Literally “a she-goat of goats”
  14. Leviticus 5:6 Hebrew “from”