This page gives you ready-made study questions for Leviticus 6, the chapter that spells out how restitution works for wrongs against a neighbor, and how the priests were to keep the altar fire burning and handle the offerings. It is written for a small group, a Sunday class, or personal study. Each question comes with a leader’s note so you can move straight from the text into discussion.
Leviticus 6 at a Glance
The chapter moves through three sections. It opens in verses 1-7 with a guilt offering for someone who has cheated or wronged a neighbor, requiring full repayment plus a fifth more and a ram brought to the priest. Verses 8-18 then turn to the priests themselves, describing the burnt offering that must never go out on the altar and the grain offering that the priests eat in the holy court.
The final section, verses 19-30, gives the anointing offering for Aaron and his sons and the rules for the sin offering, including who may eat it, what must be washed, and what must be burned. Together these passages show that sin affects both relationships among people and the worship of God.
Observation Questions
Use these questions first to make sure everyone has read the text closely. Let members answer from the passage before anyone offers an explanation, and write down the details they notice.
Leviticus 6:2-5
2 “If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor, 3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of these things that a man does, sinning therein; 4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, 5 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty.
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Read this passage first so the group hears the wrongs described and the restitution required. It sets the tone for the whole chapter and anchors the discussion about justice between neighbors.
Leviticus 6:7
The priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty.”
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This verse names the priest’s work of atonement and the promise of forgiveness. Reading it aloud gives the group a clear statement of what the offering accomplishes.
Leviticus 6:12-13
12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. 13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.
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The instruction to keep the fire burning continually captures the ongoing nature of devotion. Hearing it read helps the group consider what steady faithfulness looks like.
Leviticus 6:16-18
16 That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting. 17 It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 18 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.’”
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These verses describe the holy portion eaten in the sacred court and the call to treat holy things with reverence. They give the group a concrete picture of holiness in practice.
Leviticus 6:25-27
25 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the LORD. It is most holy. 26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting. 27 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
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The rules for the sin offering show how seriously God regards the holy and the sinful. Reading this passage brings out the theme of separation and purity that runs through Leviticus.
Memory Verse for Leviticus 6
Leviticus 6:5
Or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty.
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This verse captures the chapter’s call to make things right with others and to restore what was wrongly held. It is short enough to memorize and gives a clear reminder that repentance includes repair.
A Closing Prayer for the Group
Father, we thank you that you see every wrong we do and that you invite us to come to you with honest hearts. Help us to take seriously the harm we cause others and to make things right where we can. Keep our devotion steady, the way the fire on the altar was kept burning, and teach us to treat what is holy with care. Give us courage to confess our failures and trust in your mercy. Thank you for your faithfulness to us, even when we fall short. Amen.
