Leviticus 22:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.”

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BSBPD

“If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given <FI>it<Fi> to the priest, with the holy thing;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 22:14 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 5:15“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
  2. Leviticus 5:16Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
  3. Leviticus 27:13If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
  4. Leviticus 27:15But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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