Leviticus 5:7

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Summary

And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

He be not able to bring a lamb

James 2:5

Two turtle-doves

One

General references

Numbers 6:10

Bible References

He be not able to bring a lamb

If you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, bring eight cups of flour as an offering for the sin you committed. Never put olive oil on it or add incense to it. This is because it is an offering for sin.

If she cannot afford a lamb, she must use two mourning doves or two pigeons. One will be the burnt offering and the other the offering for sin. So the priest will pay compensation for sin and make peace with Jehovah for her and she will be clean.'

If the one to be cleansed is poor and cannot afford that much, he must take one male lamb, present it to pay compensation for the wrong and make peace with Jehovah for himself, and use it for his guilt offering. He will take only eight cups of flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering, a quart of olive oil,

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.

Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Two turtle-doves

If you are offering a bird as a burnt offering, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

Then Jesus was baptized and came up from the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened. He saw God's Spirit coming down like a dove.

I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

According to God's Law they must offer a sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

One

Bring them to the priest. He will sacrifice the offering for sin first. He will break the bird's neck without pulling its head off.

Tell the Israelites: 'Take a male goat as an offering for sin, a calf and a lamb, each one-year-old and without defects, as a burnt offering,

and two mourning doves or two pigeons, whatever he can afford. The one will be an offering for sin and the other a burnt offering.

He must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and come into Jehovah's presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting on the eighth day. He will give these birds to the priest.

He will take two male goats from the congregation of Israel as an offering for sin and a ram as a burnt offering.

You have no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.'

General references

The eighth day he must bring two mourning doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.