Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 5:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.
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Quick Meaning
This verse announces the same forgiveness and gives the flour remainder to the priest.
Read It With
- Leviticus 5:7-13
Track the movement across 5:7-13. When Leviticus 5:13 announces the same forgiveness and gives the flour remainder to the priest, it contributes to this complete claim: Someone unable to afford a sheep may bring two birds, and someone unable to afford birds may bring plain flour without oil or incense; atonement and forgiveness remain available.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse announces the same forgiveness and gives the flour remainder to the priest. The surrounding movement keeps that contribution inside Leviticus 5:7-13.
What Remains True
Announces the same forgiveness and gives the flour remainder to the priest. Within Leviticus 5:7-13, this contributes to the larger claim that someone unable to afford a sheep may bring two birds, and someone unable to afford birds may bring plain flour without oil or incense; atonement and forgiveness remain available.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 5:13, keep the verse inside Leviticus 5:7-13. Hold this boundary: Poverty accommodations do not make poor worshippers morally suspect or authorize religious debt. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 5:7-13 — Bird and flour alternatives keep purification open to the poorSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 5:7-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 5:7-13
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 5:7-13
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