SPECIAL TOPIC: GUILT or TRESPASS OFFERING (Leviticus 5:14-19)

1. Introduction
   1. While the Sin Offering dealt with sin committed, the Guilt Offering had to do with the damage that was done to a covenant partner and what restitution was possible.
   2. The sin and trespass offerings were very similar.
   3. The rights of the individual were expressed in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5).
      1. home
      2. accumulation of goods
      3. life
   4. This offering emphasizes the harm done to a brother in sinning, and the restitution of the cost of that which was damaged plus 1/5 more.
   
   
2. Sins Requiring an Offering
   1. Against God or that which belongs to Him
      1. first fruits
      2. firstborn, Lev. 5:14-16
      3. tithe
      4. offering given incorrectly
      5. gifts of inferior value
   2. "If a person sins and does any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty, and shall bear his punishment."
   
   
3. Ancient sacrifices were offered to
   1. appease an angry deity
   2. feed a deity
   3. communicate with a deity
   4. praise a deity
   5. foster a sense of forgiveness or reconciliation

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