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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Leviticus 5:3

Of man, who may be in a state of legal uncleanness. If he neglect or forget to purify himself, he must offer a sacrifice, either such as he may choose, (St. Augustine, q. 2.) or such as the priest may require. (Lyranus) (Calmet)

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Special occasions are mentioned on which sin-offerings are to be made with a particular confession of the offence for which atonement is sought Leviticus 5:5. Leviticus 5:1 SWEARING - Adjuration. The...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE SIN OFFERING Chapter S 4-5:13 _ 1. The second utterance of Jehovah (Leviticus 4:1)_ 2. The sin offering for the high priest (Leviticus 4:3) 3. The sin offering for the congregation (Levitic...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 4:1 TO LEVITICUS 5:13. THE SIN OFFERING. This, and the guilt offering, whose ritual follows, are unknown before the Exile, save as fines (2 Kings 12:16;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SINS FOR WHICH OFFERINGS ARE NECESSARY. The first case is that of one who, when evidence in a trial is called for under a curse, deliberately conceals what he knows (there is no unwittingly here); the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ See App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    THE SECOND CASE when anyone unwittingly touches an unclean thing. By -beast" is meant a wild animal, by -cattle" one of the herd or of the flock (Leviticus 1:2). _unclean creeping things_ SWARMING th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 5:1-13 1 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter _it,_ then he shall bear his iniquity. 2 Or if a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _OR IF HE TOUCH THE UNCLEANNESS OF MAN, WHATSOEVER UNCLEANNESS IT BE THAT A MAN SHALL BE DEFILED WITHAL, AND IT BE HID FROM HIM; WHEN HE KNOWETH OF IT, THEN HE SHALL BE GUILTY._ No JFB commentary on...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:3 guilty. (e-31) See Note b, ver. 1....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIN OFFERING AND THE GUILT OFEERING (CONTINUED) 1-6. Special cases in which it is proper to offer a Sin Offering. Such are the withholding of testimony (Leviticus 5:1), touching a carcase or uncle...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֹ֣ו כִ֤י יִגַּע֙ בְּ טֻמְאַ֣ת אָדָ֔ם לְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE RITUAL OF THE SIN OFFERING Leviticus 4:4; Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 6:24 ACCORDING to the Authorised Version, Leviticus 5:6

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    TRESPASS-OFFERINGS FOR VARIOUS SINS Leviticus 5:1 The sin-offering was closely resembled by the trespass-offering; but they differed in this: that the former was meant to fix the thought of the sinne...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Commentators have not been in agreement in their interpretation of this section, some holding that it deals with the sin offering, some that it is the commencement of the trespass offering. I believe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    On the subject of unclean things, uniformly through all the law, we may I think, without violence, consider the figure as referring to our nature, in an unrenewed state. Acts 10:14....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, 6, AND 7. We come now to the sacrifices which were not sacrifices of sweet savour-the sin and trespass-offerings, alike in the great principle, though d...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    OR IF HE TOUCH THE UNCLEANNESS OF MAN,.... The dead body of a man, or the bone of a dead body, or a grave, or any profluvious or menstruous person: WHATSOEVER UNCLEANNESS [IT BE] THAT A MAN SHALL BE...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness [it be] that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty. Ver. 3. _Then he sh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _If it be hidden from him_ If he did it unawares, yet that would not excuse him, because he should have been more circumspect to avoid all unclean things. Hereby God designed to awaken men to watchful...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 He that sinneth in concealing his knowledge, 2 in touching an vncleane thing, 4 or in making an oath. 6 His trespasse offering, of the flocke, 7 of foules, 11 or of flowre. 14 The trespasse of...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, anything which caused a man to be ceremonially unclean, WHATSOEVER UNCLEANNESS IT BE THAT A MAN SHALL BE DEFILED WITHAL, AND IT BE HID FROM HIM; WHEN HE KNOWETH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SPECIAL CASES OF SIN-OFFERINGS....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    OFFERING FOR A SPECIFIC SIN (VV. 1-6) The subject of the sin offering is continued in this chapter up to the end of verse 13. It is a descending scale, for the specific sin has to be brought to the at...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 The offences here noticed are, 1. A man's concealing the truth, when he was sworn as a witness to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. If, in such a case, for fear of off...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    As soon as he knoweth it, he must not delay to make his peace with God. And though it was sin before, though not known, yet the knowledge of it made it worse, and therefore required the more speedy re...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Having Considered the "sweet savour" Offerings, We now approach the "sacrifices for sin." These were divided into two classes, namely, sin offerings and trespass offerings. Of the former, there were t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 5:3 touches H5060 (H8799) human H120 uncleanness H2932 defiled H2930 (H8799) unaware H5956 (H8738) realizes

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GUILT OR TRESPASS OFFERING - 'ASAM (LEVITICUS 5:1). The essence of the Guilt Offering is that it appears to be in respect of fixed types of sins which make the person guilty in the eyes of others...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Trespass offering laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Even when a man unwittingly breaks the laws of God, full restitution must be made, which is possible only through the presentati...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 5:1. _He shall bear his iniquity. Proverbs 29:24_, seems to refer to this passage. “He that hears cursing, and betrays it not, hates his own soul.” The sons of Belial said, that they heard N...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 5:1 These verses describe four cases in which sinners either deliberately (v. Leviticus 5:1) or unknowingly (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Trespasses Heedlessly Committed SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 5:1.—If the soul … hear the voice of swearing. Sins may be acted out consciously and defiantly; for such there was no expiation provided....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE SIN OFFERING—continued (Leviticus 5:1). The subject of the next thirteen verses is still the sin offering, not the trespass offering, as has been supposed by some. The first six verses...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter five. And if a soul sinned, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; and he does not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity (Leviticus 5:1). I...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Leviticus 13:59; Leviticus 15:1; Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 19:11...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    When he knoweth — As soon as he knoweth it, he must not delay to make his peace with God. Otherwise he shall be guilty — For his violation and contempt of God's authority and command....

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