Free group study handout
Leviticus 5: Group Study Handout
How to use: read Leviticus 5 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.
Overview
Individuals are instructed to identify unintentional sin. If anyone hears an oath and does not report it, he bears his iniquity (vv. 1-4).
Key verse
“If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.”
Leviticus 5:15 (WEB)
Outline
- Leviticus 5:1–4 Identifying Unintentional Sin
- Leviticus 5:5–10 Confession and Sin Offerings
- Leviticus 5:11–13 Alternative Offerings for the Poor
- Leviticus 5:14–16 Trespass Offerings for Holy Things
- Leviticus 5:17–19 Guilt Despite Ignorance
Discussion questions
- In v6, what is the purpose of the 'trespass offering'?
- What does the priest do with the blood of the sin offering in vv. 9-10?
- In v5, why is the act of confession necessary before the offering?
- In v15, what does the term 'holy things' imply about the offerings?
- When have you been 'guilty' of something you later recognized and needed to confess?
Go deeper
Passages that echo Leviticus 5: Leviticus 4, Leviticus 6, Numbers 5.
Before next time: read Leviticus 6.