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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Any such person who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an additional 20 percent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if a man eat <i>of</i> the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth <i>part</i> thereof unto it, and shall give <i>it</i> unto the priest with the holy thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘And if a man eats the holy <i>offering</i> unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy <i>offering</i> to the priest, and add one-fifth to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If, however, someone eats a holy <i>food</i> unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy <i>food</i> to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But if a man eats a holy <i>gift</i> unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy <i>gift</i> to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if a man eats a holy <i>gift</i> unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy <i>gift</i> to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But if a person unknowingly eats a holy <i>gift</i> [which has been offered to God], then he shall add one-fifth of its value to it and give the holy <i>gift</i> to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he is to add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and anyone else who accidentally does so, must pay for the food plus a fine of 20 percent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Those who eat a holy offering by mistake must give another holy offering to the priest and add one-fifth more to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"If any people who are not members of a priestly family eat any of the sacred offerings without intending to, they must repay the priest its full value plus an additional 20 percent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a person eats anything sacred inadvertently, he is to add a fifth part to it and then give the sacred thing to the priest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if a man shall eat of the holy thing unknowingly, then he shall put to it the fifth part, and shall give it to the priest, with the holy thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when a man eats of a holy thing through ignorance, then he has added its fifth part to it, and has given [it] to the priest, with the holy thing;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given it to the priest, with the holy thing;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when a man shall eat the holy thing in error, and he shall add its fifth upon it, and give the holy thing to the priest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He that eateth of the sanctified things through ignorance, shall add the fifth part with that which he ate, and shall give it to the priest into the sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Whoever, through ignorance, eats from what has been sanctified shall add a fifth part to that which he ate, and he shall give it to the priest at the Sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If such a one eats of a sacred offering through inadvertence, that person shall make restitution to the priest for the sacred offering, with an increment of one fifth of the amount.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If a man eats of the sacred donation unintentionally, he shall add one-fifth of its value to it, and give the sacred donation to the priest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if a man eats of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add a fifth part thereof to it and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a man who will eat the holy thing forgetfully will add one fifth to it and will give the holy thing to the Priest.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if a man eat of the holy thing through error, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and give the holy thing to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/22-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5859" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Restrictions Against the Unclean</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eats</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">a sacred offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/7684.htm" title="7684: biš·ḡā·ḡāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Sin of error or inadvertance. From shagag; a mistake or inadvertent transgression.">in error,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: wə·yā·sap̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">he must add</a> <a href="/hebrew/2549.htm" title="2549: ḥă·mi·šî·ṯōw (Number-ofsc:: 3ms) -- Fifth. Or chamishshiy; ord. From chamesh; fifth; also a fifth.">a fifth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯan (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">its value and give</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">the sacred offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: lak·kō·hên (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">to the priest.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Numbers 5:6-8</a></span><br />“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty / and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged. / But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/22-14.htm">Exodus 22:14</a></span><br />If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Leviticus 5:15-16</a></span><br />“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. / Regarding 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Leviticus 6:4-5</a></span><br />once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, / or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-9.htm">Numbers 18:9-11</a></span><br />A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy. / And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-3.htm">1 Samuel 6:3-4</a></span><br />They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.” / “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">2 Samuel 24:24</a></span><br />“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32-33</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-29.htm">Ezekiel 44:29-30</a></span><br />They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. / The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-10</a></span><br />Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a></span><br />So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-18.htm">Matthew 23:18-19</a></span><br />And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Mark 12:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. / Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. / Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-8.htm">Luke 19:8-9</a></span><br />But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.” / Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/24-17.htm">Acts 24:17</a></span><br />After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof to it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Leviticus 5:15-19</a></b></br> If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13,15</a></b></br> But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth <i>part</i> thereof unto thy estimation… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/19-25.htm">Add</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Added</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-17.htm">Error</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-5.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-18.htm">Ignorance</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">Inadvertence</a> <a href="/genesis/43-12.htm">Mistake</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-7.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-5.htm">Restitution</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">Unintentionally</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Unknowingly</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-18.htm">Unwittingly</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-6.htm">Value</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/27-13.htm">Add</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Added</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/numbers/13-32.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/numbers/6-12.htm">Error</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/numbers/6-14.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Ignorance</a> <a href="/numbers/15-27.htm">Inadvertence</a> <a href="/judges/9-36.htm">Mistake</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Restitution</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">Unintentionally</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Unknowingly</a> <a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">Unwittingly</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Value</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-1.htm">The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">How they shall be cleansed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-17.htm">The sacrifices must be without blemish</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-26.htm">The age of the sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm">The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Levitical system, certain portions of sacrifices were designated for the priests and their families (<a href="/leviticus/7-31.htm">Leviticus 7:31-34</a>). The sacred offerings were holy and meant to be consumed only by those who were ritually clean and authorized. The concept of unintentional sin is significant in the Old Testament, highlighting human fallibility and the need for atonement (<a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22-29</a>). This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's provision for human error and the importance of maintaining holiness.<p><b>he must add a fifth to its value</b><br>The requirement to add a fifth (20%) to the value of the consumed offering serves as restitution and a penalty for the error. This principle of restitution is seen elsewhere in the Mosaic Law, such as in <a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm">Leviticus 5:16</a> and <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Numbers 5:7</a>, emphasizing justice and the restoration of what was lost or misused. The additional fifth underscores the seriousness of maintaining the sanctity of what is holy and the need for accountability in the community.<p><b>and give the sacred offering to the priest</b><br>The restitution is to be given to the priest, restoring the loss of the sacred offering. This act reaffirms the priest's role as a mediator between God and the people, a role that foreshadows the ultimate mediation of Jesus Christ (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>). The priesthood in Israel was a type of Christ, pointing to His future work as the High Priest who would offer Himself as the ultimate sacrifice for sin (<a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-14</a>). This requirement also highlights the communal aspect of worship and the support of those who serve in the temple, ensuring that the priests could continue their sacred duties.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The priests were the descendants of Aaron, responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the sanctity of the tabernacle and later the temple. They were the recipients of the sacred offerings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel, who were given the Law through Moses, including the instructions on offerings and sacrifices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_offering.htm">Sacred Offering</a></b><br>These were portions of sacrifices dedicated to God, which were to be consumed by the priests and their families under specific conditions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable dwelling place for the divine presence among the Israelites, where offerings and sacrifices were made.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restitution.htm">Restitution</a></b><br>The act of making amends for a wrong, in this case, the unintentional consumption of a sacred offering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_sacredness.htm">Understanding Sacredness</a></b><br>Recognize the importance of respecting what is sacred and set apart for God. This respect extends to how we treat God's Word, His people, and His creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_restitution.htm">The Principle of Restitution</a></b><br>Acknowledge the biblical principle of making amends for wrongs, even when they are unintentional. This teaches us about responsibility and integrity in our relationships with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intentional_living.htm">Intentional Living</a></b><br>Be mindful of our actions and their impact on others. Even unintentional actions can have consequences, and we are called to address them appropriately.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generosity_in_restitution.htm">Generosity in Restitution</a></b><br>The addition of a fifth to the restitution highlights the importance of going beyond mere compensation, reflecting a heart of generosity and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a></b><br>The call to holiness in Leviticus extends to our everyday actions, encouraging us to live in a way that honors God and respects His commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_leviticus_22's_rules_seem_outdated_now.htm">Could Leviticus 22's detailed purity regulations reflect historical or cultural practices now seen as scientifically or ethically questionable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_lev._22_10_conflict_with_inclusivity.htm">In Leviticus 22:10, does the exclusion of non-priests from eating sacred offerings conflict with later biblical themes of inclusivity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_severe_punishment_for_unclean_priests.htm">In Leviticus 22:3, why would a loving God issue such a severe punishment for priests who approach holy things while unclean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_tithing.htm">What does the Bible teach about tithing?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Eat of the holy thing unwittingly.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">through ignorance, </span>as it is rendered in the Authorised version in all the other five passages where this expression occurs in this book. (See <a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:">Leviticus 4:2</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm" title="When a ruler has sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;">Leviticus 4:22</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm" title="And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he does somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;">Leviticus 4:27</a>; <a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm" title="If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass to the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with your estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.">Leviticus 5:15</a>; <a href="/leviticus/5-18.htm" title="And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and knew it not, and it shall be forgiven him.">Leviticus 5:18</a>.) That is, when he ate of the things he was ignorant that they were holy.<p><span class= "bld">He shall put the fifth part thereof unto it.</span>--To make the people more careful, the offender though ignorant of the offence at the time when he committed it, had to pay the fifth part of the value of the holy property which he had eaten, in addition to the principal. For the way in which this was estimated see <a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm" title="And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it to the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.">Leviticus 5:16</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - As the sacrificial meals made a part of the stipends of the priestly body, any one who inadvertently took a share in them by <span class="cmt_word">eating of the holy thing unwittingly</span>, when he had no right to do so, had to refund the value of the meat, with one fifth, that is, twenty percent, added to it. He thus acknowledged that he had "committed a trespass in the holy things of the Lord," the case falling under the rule given in chapter Leviticus 5:15, 16, "And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest." In the fifth chapter a trespass offering of a ram is also ordered, which, though not specified, is probably understood here also. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/22-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֕ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eats</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a sacred offering</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֖דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in error,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(biš·ḡā·ḡāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7684.htm">Strong's 7684: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mistake, inadvertent transgression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he must add</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָסַ֤ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·sap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fifth</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·mi·šî·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - ordinal feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2549.htm">Strong's 2549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fifth, a fifth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its value and give</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sacred offering</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the priest.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַכֹּהֵ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(lak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/22-14.htm">Leviticus 22:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 22:14 If a man eats something holy unwittingly (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 22:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>