Leviticus 5

You and I must be forgiven.

Leviticus 5 and Numbers 15, it talks about ignorant sin, sin that you and I would've committed without knowing.

If I do something that I'm not aware of, yet I can be blamed.

That's exactly what the law says and that's what the Bible says.

Ignorance doesn't mean you'll be set free.

Ignorance is not an excuse.

And so, in Leviticus 5 and Numbers 15, there's a clear mention of sin that is done because of ignorance, but the law says even for that, there must be atonement.

Even for that, there must be a sacrifice.

There's a time to be silent.

See, go over to Leviticus.

Go over to Leviticus.

Leviticus 5 and 1.

Go over to Leviticus 5 and 1.

Go over to Leviticus 5 and 1.

When you go over to Leviticus 5 and 1, this is what it says.

And if a soul sin and hear the voice of swearing and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

We talk about true and false confession in Tuesday's lesson, and there is a statement in the book, Steps to Christ, page 38, that I'd like to take a look at.

But before we do that, let's look at Leviticus 5, verse 5.

Let's go to Leviticus 5.

This takes us back to the ancient sanctuary.

Leviticus 5 and verse 5.

In the ancient sanctuary, when somebody sinned, they, of course, brought an offering, sometimes a lamb and there were other offerings, and the poor brought a pigeon offering or grain offering.

In Leviticus 5, verse 5, there is a clear Bible text about what happened when the person brought their offering.

It has to do with repentance and it has to do with confession.

This was the trespass offering that the Scripture spoke of.

So if we look in Leviticus 5, it says this, concerning this trespass or guilt offering.

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.

He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong in the holy thing, and he shall add a fifth part to it.

Jesus specifically targets the people selling doves.

Leviticus 5 and Leviticus 14 explicitly prescribe doves as the sacrifice for the Anoim, the poorest of the land.

Destitute?

Wait, weren't doves specifically meant to be the affordable option for the poorest worshipers?