The trespass offering
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
was appointed only for private individuals, and for such offenses as, though not deserving of death, nevertheless required some satisfactory penalty. It consisted of a ram, generally valued by the priest (Lev. 5:15, and elsewhere), or a ewe, or a goat, or a lamb (Lev. 5:1–19 [as given]; Num. 6:12). After the slaughter of the animal on the north side of the altar, its blood was sprinkled on the altar on all sides, the fat was burned on the altar, as in the sin offering, and the meat was eaten by the priests in a holy place (Lev. 7:1–7, and elsewhere).