Leviticus 15:30
New International Version
The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the LORD for the uncleanness of her discharge.

New Living Translation
The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the LORD for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.

English Standard Version
And the priest shall use one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

Berean Standard Bible
The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

King James Bible
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

New King James Version
Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness.

New American Standard Bible
And the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering, and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.’

NASB 1995
‘The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.’

NASB 1977
‘And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.’

Legacy Standard Bible
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before Yahweh because of her unclean discharge.’

Amplified Bible
and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering; and he shall make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.’

Christian Standard Bible
The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD because of her unclean discharge.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD because of her unclean discharge.”

American Standard Version
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness.

Contemporary English Version
He will offer one of the birds as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me; then I will consider the woman completely clean.

English Revised Version
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The priest will offer one as an offering for sin and the other as a burnt offering. So in the LORD's presence the priest will make peace with the LORD for the woman who had an unclean discharge.

Good News Translation
The priest shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and in this way he will perform the ritual of purification for her.

International Standard Version
Then the priest is to offer one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. This is how the priest will make atonement in the LORD's presence for her regarding her unclean discharge.

Majority Standard Bible
The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

NET Bible
and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. So the priest is to make atonement for her before the LORD from her discharge of impurity.

New Heart English Bible
The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the uncleanness of her discharge.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

World English Bible
The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the priest has made one a sin-offering and one a burnt-offering, and the priest has made atonement for her before YHWH, because of the discharge of her uncleanness.

Young's Literal Translation
and the priest hath made the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her before Jehovah, because of the issue of her uncleanness.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the priest did the one a sin, and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest expiated for her, before Jehovah, from the flowing of her uncleanness.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the issue of her uncleanness.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the flow of her uncleanness.

New American Bible
The priest shall offer one of them as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering. Thus shall the priest make atonement before the LORD for her because of her unclean flow.

New Revised Standard Version
The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD for her unclean discharge.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The Priest shall offer them, one for sin and one for a burnt sacrifice and the Priest shall atone for her from the blood of her defilement before LORD JEHOVAH.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean flux.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Cleansing of Women
29On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 30The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge. 31You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.…

Cross References
Leviticus 5:6
and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.

Leviticus 4:27-31
And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt. / When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. ...

Leviticus 12:8
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

Numbers 6:10-11
On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. / And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.

Luke 2:22-24
And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord / (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), / and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Hebrews 9:22
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Leviticus 14:19-20
Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering / and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

Leviticus 16:15-16
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. / So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.

Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 7:7
The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

Mark 1:44
“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Matthew 8:4
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Hebrews 10:1-4
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...

Romans 3:25
God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.


Treasury of Scripture

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Leviticus 15
1. The uncleanness of men in their issues
13. The cleansing of them
19. The uncleanness of women in their issues
28. Their cleansing














The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering
In the Levitical system, the sin offering was a crucial part of atonement rituals. It symbolized the removal of sin and impurity from the individual. The priest, acting as a mediator between God and the people, performed this sacrifice to cleanse the person from ceremonial impurity. This offering points to the need for purification from sin, a theme that runs throughout the Bible, culminating in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is described as the sin offering for humanity (Hebrews 10:12).

and the other as a burnt offering.
The burnt offering was a symbol of complete dedication and surrender to God. Unlike the sin offering, which was partially consumed by the priest, the burnt offering was entirely consumed by fire, representing total consecration. This act of offering signifies the worshiper's desire to be wholly devoted to God. The burnt offering foreshadows Christ's complete and willing sacrifice, as He offered Himself entirely to God on behalf of humanity (Ephesians 5:2).

In this way the priest will make atonement for her
Atonement in the Old Testament involved covering or removing sin to restore the relationship between God and the individual. The priest's role was to mediate this process, highlighting the need for an intermediary in the reconciliation with God. This anticipates the New Testament revelation of Jesus as the ultimate High Priest who makes atonement for all (Hebrews 9:11-12).

before the LORD
The phrase "before the LORD" indicates that the ritual was performed in the presence of God, emphasizing His holiness and the seriousness of sin. It underscores the belief that all acts of worship and atonement are ultimately directed towards God, who is the source of forgiveness and purification. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to live their lives as a sacrifice before God (Romans 12:1).

for her unclean discharge.
The context of Leviticus 15 deals with various bodily discharges and their implications for ritual purity. In ancient Israel, physical cleanliness was closely associated with spiritual purity. The discharge rendered a person ceremonially unclean, necessitating purification rituals to restore them to the community and to God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the need for cleansing from sin and impurity, which is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who cleanses believers from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Priest
A mediator between God and the people, responsible for performing the sacrificial rituals to atone for sins and impurities.

2. The Woman
Refers to a woman who has been ceremonially unclean due to a bodily discharge, requiring purification.

3. Turtledoves or Young Pigeons
These birds are used as offerings, accessible to those who might not afford larger animals, symbolizing God's provision for all.

4. Sin Offering
A sacrifice made to atone for unintentional sins and impurities, restoring the individual's relationship with God.

5. Burnt Offering
A sacrifice symbolizing complete surrender to God, with the entire offering consumed by fire.
Teaching Points
Understanding Ritual Purity
The laws in Leviticus highlight the importance of purity and the need for atonement, pointing to the holiness of God and the separation sin causes.

God's Provision for All
The allowance of turtledoves or pigeons as offerings shows God's understanding and provision for those of different economic statuses.

Symbolism of Sacrifice
The dual offerings (sin and burnt) symbolize both the removal of impurity and the dedication of oneself to God.

Christ as the Fulfillment
These sacrifices foreshadow the ultimate atonement through Jesus Christ, who cleanses us from all sin and impurity.

Living a Life of Holiness
As believers, we are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness, understanding that Christ has made the ultimate atonement for us.(30) And the priest shall offer.--Exactly in the same manner as described in Leviticus 15:15.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The priest
הַכֹּהֵן֙ (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

is to sacrifice
וְעָשָׂ֤ה (wə·‘ā·śāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

one
הָאֶחָ֣ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

as a sin offering
חַטָּ֔את (ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

and the other
הָאֶחָ֖ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

as a burnt offering.
עֹלָ֑ה (‘ō·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

In this way the priest
הַכֹּהֵן֙ (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

will make atonement
וְכִפֶּ֨ר (wə·ḵip·per)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

for
עָלֶ֤יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

her before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

for her unclean
טֻמְאָתָֽהּ׃ (ṭum·’ā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2932: Religious impurity

discharge.
מִזּ֖וֹב (miz·zō·wḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2101: A seminal, menstrual flux


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