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 .)

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897, public domain).