Leviticus 19:21 (DBY)

Passage

And he shall bring his trespass-offering to Jehovah, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a trespass-offering.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:19 My statutes shall ye observe. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with another sort; thou shalt not sow thy field with seed of two sorts; and a garment woven of two materials shall not come upon thee.

Leviticus 19:20 And if a man lie with a woman for copulation, and she is a bondwoman betrothed to a husband, but not at all ransomed, nor hath freedom been given to her, there shall be a chastisement: they shall not be put to death, for she was not free.

Leviticus 19:21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering to Jehovah, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a trespass-offering.

Leviticus 19:22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 19:23 And when ye come into the land and plant all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count its fruit as uncircumcised, three years shall it be uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "bring", "trespass-offering", "jehovah", "entrance", "tent", and "meeting". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "bring", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And if a man lie with a..." into verse 22's "And the priest shall make atonement for...", so "shall" and "bring" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "bring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.