Easton: Trespass offering
Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Trespass offering) · external_aligned
(Heb. ‘asham, “debt”), the law concerning, given in Lev. 5:14-6:7; also in Num. 5:5-8. The idea of sin as a “debt” pervades this legislation. The asham, which was always a ram, was offered in cases where sins were more private. (See OFFERING.)
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Original 1897 publication — Thomas Nelson, London
- republication: Project Gutenberg — Easton's Bible Dictionary
- republication: Internet Archive — multiple scans
- republication: CCEL — Easton's Bible Dictionary
- republication: Blue Letter Bible — searchable Easton's