利未記6:1-7

6:1 耶和華曉諭摩西說：
6:2 「若有人犯罪，干犯耶和華，在鄰舍交付他的物上，或是在交易上行了詭詐，或是搶奪人的財物，或是欺壓鄰舍，
6:3 或是在撿了遺失的物上行了詭詐，說謊起誓，在這一切的事上犯了甚麼罪；
6:4 他既犯了罪，有了過犯，就要歸還他所搶奪的，或是因欺壓所得的，或是人交付他的，或是人遺失他所撿的物，
6:5 或是他因甚麼物起了假誓，就要如數歸還，另外加上五分之一，在查出他有罪的日子要交還本主。
6:6 也要照你所估定的價，把贖愆祭牲─就是羊群中一隻沒有殘疾的公綿羊─牽到耶和華面前，給祭司為贖愆祭。
6:7 祭司要在耶和華面前為他贖罪；他無論行了甚麼事，使他有了罪，都必蒙赦免。」

The Lord said to Moses: ² “If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor, ³ or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit— ⁴ when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, ⁵ or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering. ⁶ And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. ⁷ In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

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    上帝設立贖罪愆祭的目的，就是要人不可以輕忽「小罪」，不可以虧欠別人！因為小罪造成嫌隙，久了以後會累積仇恨，會造成更大的問題！也因為這樣，保羅說：「凡事都不可虧欠人，惟有彼此相愛要常以為虧欠，因為愛人的就完全了律法。」（羅馬書13:8）

    既然是如此，我們不要以為「虧欠人」為小事！因為我們虧欠人就是虧欠上帝，而虧欠上帝就是罪了！這豈是小事呢？雖然要做到完全部虧欠人是不容易，但是一知道就要馬上成償還，不僅常還要外加一些為補足。並且要求上帝幫助，讓被虧欠的人能和我們復和！

    人與人間的關係就是要和睦，正如人與上帝之間要和睦一樣！這一切都要靠基督的做為，讓我們和上帝以及人都有和睦的關係！