Leviticus 5:15
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
Cross-references
In Leviticus 5:16, this same case continues — specifying the restitution plus a fifth for trespass against holy things, completing the procedure.
Leviticus 5:18 repeats the same guilt offering procedure for unintentional sins – directly parallel to this verse's requirement of a ram.
Leviticus 5:17 broadens the guilt offering principle to all unintentional sins, not just those involving holy things.
Leviticus 27:25 defines the ‘shekel of the sanctuary’ as twenty gerahs, the exact valuation standard used here.
Leviticus 6:6 also prescribes a ram without blemish for a guilt offering – reinforcing the same requirement here.
Leviticus 7:1 introduces the regulations for the guilt offering, which is the offering commanded in 5:15 for unintentional sins against holy things.
Leviticus 7:6 specifies who may eat the guilt offering and where — it expands on the priestly portion for the offering in 5:15.
Leviticus 22:14 directly addresses unintentional eating of holy things, requiring a guilt offering with restitution — the same principle as 5:15.
Leviticus 6:2 uses the same ‘breach of faith’ phrase for sins against neighbors, extending the guilt offering category.
Leviticus 6:7 concludes the guilt offering section, explaining that atonement and forgiveness follow the prescribed sacrifice.
Leviticus 22:14 deals with unintentional eating of holy things, requiring restitution plus a fifth—a related but distinct law.
In Leviticus 4:2, a similar opening formula introduces unintentional sins, but the offering there is a bull or goat — not the ram with valuation here.
Exodus 30:13 also uses the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs), providing another example of this valuation system.
Numbers 18:9 explicitly gives the guilt offering to the priests as most holy, directly continuing the legislation from 5:15.
In Ezra 10:19, the returnees offer a ram as guilt offering for marrying foreign women – directly applying the law from Leviticus.
Numbers 5:7 applies the same restitution-plus-a-fifth principle to wrongs against a person, directly paralleling this law.
Joshua 7:11 describes Achan taking devoted things, a real-life example of breach of faith against holy things as defined here.
2 Kings 12:16 notes that guilt offering money belonged to priests, directly relating to the guilt offering prescribed here.
1 Samuel 6:3 has the Philistines making a guilt offering for the ark, echoing the concept of compensation for holy things.