What Does Leviticus 14:13 Mean in the King James?

And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:

Leviticus 14:13 · KJV

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THE KEY

The verse keeps missing and liability distinct, yet gives both offerings the same priestly claim and most-holy standing.

THE MEANING

This verse places the offering for a missed mark beside the offering for liability, giving both the same priestly status and set-apart standing. Their causes remain distinct, but both offerings belong within the same sacred sphere.

THE ROOT

הַחַטָּאת

ha-ḥaṭṭāʾt

GROWS FROM

חטא

To miss, fail, or go wrong.

“sin offering” in this verse is ha-ḥaṭṭāʾt. The offering for the missing shares its word family with the act of missing itself. Here it stands beside the offering for liability: the two kinds of rupture remain distinct, yet enter the same set-apart sphere.

ALSO GROWS

ḥāṭāʾ: To miss or go wrong.

חָטָא

This verb shows the root beneath the offering: the rite is named in relation to the missing it addresses.

ḥēṭ: A missing or fault.

חֵטְא

This noun keeps the act and its consequence in the same word family as the offering.

הָאָשָׁם

hāʾāšām

GROWS FROM

אשם

To incur guilt or be liable.

“trespass offering” in this verse is hāʾāšām. Asham carries the sense of liability, giving this offering a distinct emphasis from the offering for the missing. The verse places both under the priest’s claim and calls the asham most holy.

ALSO GROWS

ʾāšēm: Guilty or liable.

אָשֵׁם

This form names the condition associated with the offering.

ʾăšāmâ: Guilt or liability.

אֲשָׁמָה

This branch makes explicit the liability carried by the asham offering.

קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים

qōdeš qodāšîm

GROWS FROM

קדש

To set apart as sacred.

“most holy” in this verse is qōdeš qodāšîm. Qodesh qadashim expresses an intensified set-apart status: the offering is reserved to the sacred sphere. The root marks a boundary of belonging, not merely a feeling of holiness.

ALSO GROWS

qādōš: Set apart, sacred.

קָדוֹשׁ

This adjective describes what belongs to the sphere named by qodesh.

miqdāš: Sanctuary, a set-apart place.

מִקְדָּשׁ

The sanctuary shows how the same root can name a place marked for sacred use.

THE PATTERN

Offerings and the places they enter are marked as set apart, so their handling remains within sacred boundaries.

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:6 · KJVThe trespass offering is eaten in the holy place and receives the same most-holy designation.

Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

Exodus 29:37 · KJVThe altar is marked most holy, and the set-apart status shapes what may touch it.

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Hebrews 9:12 · KJVThe verse links an offering’s blood with entry into the holy place, echoing the sacred boundary around offerings.

THE THREAD

Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:1 · KJV

The same Hebrew asham root names the trespass offering in both verses, and both call it most holy. This line makes clear that the offering for liability carries its own set-apart status, matching the verse’s comparison with the offering for the missing.

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