A guilt offering (Hebrew: ashamot), also referre to as a trespass offering, is a type of Biblical sacrifice, specifically a sacrifice made as a compensation payment. Such compensation usually took the form of an unblemished ram, as a penalty, in addition to the victim being given restitution of the loss, plus an additional 20% of the value of the loss. Monetary restitution had to be given in the pre-exile version of the currency (the shekel of the sanctuary), rather than the currency of the time, leading to the presence of currency exchanges in the temple (hence the New Testament narrative of Jesus and the Money Changers).