Text -- Leviticus 22:16 (NET)

22:16 and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lev 22:16

¹ tn Heb “iniquity of guilt”; NASB “cause them to bear punishment for guilt.” The Hebrew word עָוֹן (’avon, “iniquity”) can designate either acts of iniquity or the penalty (i.e., punishment) for such acts.

² sn That is, when the lay people eat portions of offerings that should have been eaten only by priests and those who belonged to priestly households.