Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it. New Living Translation “Any such person who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an additional 20 percent. English Standard Version And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. Berean Standard Bible If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. King James Bible And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. New King James Version ‘And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it. New American Standard Bible If, however, someone eats a holy food unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy food to the priest. NASB 1995 But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest. NASB 1977 ‘But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest. Legacy Standard Bible But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest. Amplified Bible But if a person unknowingly eats a holy gift [which has been offered to God], then he shall add one-fifth of its value to it and give the holy gift to the priest. Christian Standard Bible If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he is to add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest. Holman Christian Standard Bible If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest. American Standard Version And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. Contemporary English Version and anyone else who accidentally does so, must pay for the food plus a fine of 20 percent. English Revised Version And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Those who eat a holy offering by mistake must give another holy offering to the priest and add one-fifth more to it. Good News Translation "If any people who are not members of a priestly family eat any of the sacred offerings without intending to, they must repay the priest its full value plus an additional 20 percent. International Standard Version If a person eats anything sacred inadvertently, he is to add a fifth part to it and then give the sacred thing to the priest. Majority Standard Bible If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. NET Bible "'If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. New Heart English Bible "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest. Webster's Bible Translation And if a man shall eat of the holy thing unknowingly, then he shall put to it the fifth part, and shall give it to the priest, with the holy thing. World English Bible “‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd when a man eats of a holy thing through ignorance, then he has added its fifth part to it, and has given [it] to the priest, with the holy thing; Young's Literal Translation And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given it to the priest, with the holy thing; Smith's Literal Translation And when a man shall eat the holy thing in error, and he shall add its fifth upon it, and give the holy thing to the priest. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe that eateth of the sanctified things through ignorance, shall add the fifth part with that which he ate, and shall give it to the priest into the sanctuary. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever, through ignorance, eats from what has been sanctified shall add a fifth part to that which he ate, and he shall give it to the priest at the Sanctuary. New American Bible If such a one eats of a sacred offering through inadvertence, that person shall make restitution to the priest for the sacred offering, with an increment of one fifth of the amount. New Revised Standard Version If a man eats of the sacred donation unintentionally, he shall add one-fifth of its value to it, and give the sacred donation to the priest. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if a man eats of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add a fifth part thereof to it and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And a man who will eat the holy thing forgetfully will add one fifth to it and will give the holy thing to the Priest. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if a man eat of the holy thing through error, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and give the holy thing to the priest. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Restrictions Against the Unclean…13But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. 14If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. 15The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD… Cross References Numbers 5:6-8 “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty / and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged. / But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him. Exodus 22:14 If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution. Leviticus 5:15-16 “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering. / Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven. Leviticus 6:4-5 once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, / or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt. Numbers 18:9-11 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy. / And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. 1 Samuel 6:3-4 They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.” / “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers. 2 Samuel 24:24 “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. Nehemiah 10:32-33 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God. Ezekiel 44:29-30 They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. / The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. Malachi 3:8-10 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. Matthew 5:23-24 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. Matthew 23:18-19 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred? Mark 12:41-44 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. / Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. / Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. ... Luke 19:8-9 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.” / Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham. Acts 24:17 After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings. Treasury of Scripture And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof to it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing. Leviticus 5:15-19 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: … Leviticus 27:13,15 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation… Jump to Previous Add Added Eat Eats Error Fifth Food Gift Holy Ignorance Inadvertence Mistake Offering Part Priest Restitution Sacred Something Thereof Unintentionally Unknowingly Unwittingly ValueJump to Next Add Added Eat Eats Error Fifth Food Gift Holy Ignorance Inadvertence Mistake Offering Part Priest Restitution Sacred Something Thereof Unintentionally Unknowingly Unwittingly ValueLeviticus 22 1. The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things6. How they shall be cleansed 10. Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things 17. The sacrifices must be without blemish 26. The age of the sacrifice 29. The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving If anyone This phrase opens the verse with a universal application, indicating that the law applies to all individuals within the community of Israel. The Hebrew word used here, "אִישׁ" (ish), can refer to any person, emphasizing the inclusivity of the law. It underscores the communal responsibility and the personal accountability each member has in maintaining the sanctity of sacred offerings. eats a sacred offering by mistake he must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of its value to it He shall put the fifth part thereof unto it.--To make the people more careful, the offender though ignorant of the offence at the time when he committed it, had to pay the fifth part of the value of the holy property which he had eaten, in addition to the principal. For the way in which this was estimated see Leviticus 5:16. . . . Verse 14. - As the sacrificial meals made a part of the stipends of the priestly body, any one who inadvertently took a share in them by eating of the holy thing unwittingly, when he had no right to do so, had to refund the value of the meat, with one fifth, that is, twenty percent, added to it. He thus acknowledged that he had "committed a trespass in the holy things of the Lord," the case falling under the rule given in chapter Leviticus 5:15, 16, "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." In the fifth chapter a trespass offering of a ram is also ordered, which, though not specified, is probably understood here also.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction anyone וְאִ֕ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person eats יֹאכַ֥ל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat a sacred offering קֹ֖דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity in error, בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה (biš·ḡā·ḡāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression he must add וְיָסַ֤ף (wə·yā·sap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment a fifth חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙ (ḥă·mi·šî·ṯōw) Number - ordinal feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2549: Fifth, a fifth to עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against its value and give וְנָתַ֥ן (wə·nā·ṯan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the sacred offering הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ (haq·qō·ḏeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity to the priest. לַכֹּהֵ֖ן (lak·kō·hên) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3548: Priest Links Leviticus 22:14 NIVLeviticus 22:14 NLT Leviticus 22:14 ESV Leviticus 22:14 NASB Leviticus 22:14 KJV Leviticus 22:14 BibleApps.com Leviticus 22:14 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 22:14 Chinese Bible Leviticus 22:14 French Bible Leviticus 22:14 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 22:14 If a man eats something holy unwittingly (Le Lv Lev.) |