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splatter some of its blood on one side of the bronze altar, and drain out the rest at the foot of the altar. 10 Then he will follow the proper rules for offering the other bird as a sacrifice to please me.

You will be forgiven when the priest offers these sacrifices as the price for your sin.

11 If you are so poor that you cannot afford doves or pigeons, you may bring one kilogram of your finest flour. This is a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness, so don't sprinkle olive oil or sweet-smelling incense on it.

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and is to splash(A) some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar;(B) the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar.(C) It is a sin offering. 10 The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way(D) and make atonement(E) for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.(F)

11 “‘If, however, they cannot afford(G) two doves or two young pigeons,(H) they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah[a](I) of the finest flour(J) for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 5:11 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms