Compensation אָשָׁם

About this episode

This episode discusses the concept of guilt and restitution as presented in Leviticus 5, focusing on the term אָשָׁם and its implications in the Old Testament.

We are in chapter five of Leviticus with our word for today. אָשָׁם guilt, offense, restitution, guilt-offering, gift of atonement, compensation. It is used 46 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used in the sense of guilt, the state of having committed an offense. A good example is when Isaac lied about his wife being his sister. Genesis 26:9-10 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I t...

People in this episode

Host: Mike

Topics covered

• guilt
• atonement
• restitution
• Old Testament
• Leviticus
• offense

Keywords

• guilt
• restitution
• atonement
• Leviticus
• Old Testament
• Isaac
• Abimelech

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abimelech

Books & works: Genesis

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