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Trespass offering

Meaning: debt (Hebrew: asham)

The law concerning the trespass offering is 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)