Leviticus 5:4

5:4 or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly ¹  with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths ²  –

Leviticus 5:18

5:18 and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, ³  for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement ⁴  on his behalf for his error which he committed ⁵  (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven. ⁶ 

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “to speak thoughtlessly”; cf. NAB “rashly utters an oath.”

[5:4]  ² tn Heb “and is guilty to one from these,” probably referring here to any of “these” things about which one might swear a thoughtless oath (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 45), with the word “oath” supplied in the translation for clarity. Another possibility is that “to one from these” is a dittography from v. 5 (cf. the note on v. 5a), and that v. 4 ends with “and is guilty” like vv. 2 and 3 (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:300).

[5:18]  ³ tn The statement here is condensed. See the full expression in 5:15 and the note there.

[5:18]  ⁴ sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

[5:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “on his straying which he strayed.” See the note on Lev 4:2.

[5:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV and NASB both similar).