Imamat 5:12

5:12 He must bring it to the priest and the priest must scoop out from it a handful as its memorial portion ¹  and offer it up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord – it is a sin offering.

Imamat 5:16

5:16 And whatever holy thing he violated ²  he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest will make atonement ³  on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven.” ⁴ 

[5:12]  ¹ sn The “memorial portion” (אַזְכָּרָה, ’azkkarah) was the part of the grain offering that was burnt on the altar (Lev 2:2), as opposed to the remainder, which was normally consumed by the priests (Lev 2:3; see the full regulations in Lev 6:14-23 [6:7-16 HT]). It was probably intended to call to mind (i.e., memorialize) before the Lord the reason for the presentation of the particular offering (see the remarks in R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:335-39).

[5:16]  ² tn Heb “and which he sinned from the holy thing.”

[5:16]  ³ sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).