“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.”
As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin. The sin offering for the four cases of Leviticus 5:1–4 is a female lamb or goat — the individual's standard sin offering from Leviticus 4:32. The word translated penalty — asham — is also the term for the guilt offering that will be introduced in verses 14–19. The blurring of the boundary between sin offering and guilt offering in this verse reflects the overlapping character of the two offerings in cases where both violation of the sacred and personal harm are involved. The priest makes atonement, and the person is forgiven.
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