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Leviticus 14:21

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¶ And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

And if he be poor {H1800}, and cannot get {H3027}{H5381} so much; then he shall take {H3947} one {H259} lamb {H3532} for a trespass offering {H817} to be waved {H8573}, to make an atonement {H3722} for him, and one {H259} tenth deal {H6241} of fine flour {H5560} mingled {H1101} with oil {H8081} for a meat offering {H4503}, and a log {H3849} of oil {H8081};

"If he is poor, so that he can't afford to do otherwise, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him; two quarts of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering; two-thirds of a pint of olive oil;

If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 5:7 (5 votes)

    ¶ And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

  • Leviticus 12:8 (4 votes)

    And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

  • Proverbs 17:5 (3 votes)

    ¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  • Luke 21:2 (2 votes)

    And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

  • Luke 21:4 (2 votes)

    For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

  • Job 34:19 (2 votes)

    [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9 (2 votes)

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.