Bible study · Leviticus 5
Leviticus 5: When he knows of it
Read Leviticus 5 before you meet.
In a few lines
Leviticus 5 names wrongs a person might not see: keeping quiet as a witness, touching something unclean, a careless oath. When he knows, he must first "confess that in which he has sinned" (5:5). Then he brings what he can afford: a lamb, two birds, or a tenth of an ephah of flour. For the poorest too, the priest makes atonement, "and he will be forgiven" (5:13).
The verse to carry
“It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned;”
Leviticus 5:5
To talk about
1. The first wrong in the chapter is keeping quiet: a witness who "doesn’t report it" (5:1). Where is it hardest for you to speak up for what's true?
2. He was to "confess that in which he has sinned" (5:5), naming the wrong itself. Why is naming a wrong out loud harder than feeling bad about it?
3. The one who wronged the holy things paid it back and added a fifth (5:16). When you've wronged someone, what would making it right, and a little more, look like?