Bible Dictionary · T
Trespass offering
(Heb. ‘asham, “debt”), the law concerning, 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.)
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
