Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 5:17 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 17. 17And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
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Role in This Section
This verse treats an unknown prohibited act as real liability even before the person understood it.
Read It With
- Leviticus 5:14-19
Place Leviticus 5:17 inside 5:14-19. This verse treats an unknown prohibited act as real liability even before the person understood it. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: Misuse of holy things requires an assessed ram, restitution, and an added fifth; uncertain breach also receives a ram and forgiveness while guilt language remains emphatic.
Why It Needs Context
Leviticus 5:14-19 must remain the teaching frame because this verse treats an unknown prohibited act as real liability even before the person understood it without completing the unit's reasoning.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 5:14-19 — Sacred loss and uncertain breach require reparationSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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 5:14-19, 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 5:14-19
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