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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 4:27

And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

Ver. 27. And if any soul sin.] As there is none that liveth and sinneth not. 1Ki 8:46 Triste mortalitatis privilegium est licere aliquando peccare. a

a Ephor. Augusta nimis res est, et nulli mortalium concessa nuspiam errare. - Amama.

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See also Leviticus 4:27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Leviticus 4:27. _THE COMMON PEOPLE_] עם הארץ _am haarets, the_ _people of the land_, that is, any individual who was not a _priest_, _king_, or _ruler_ among the people; any of the poor or ordi...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE COMMON PEOPLE - literally, as in the margin, “the people of the land.” Compare Leviticus 20:2, Leviticus 20:4; 2 Kings 11:18. It was the ordinary designation of the people, as distinguished fr

  • 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

    THE LAYMEN'S SIN OFFERING. The victim is here either a goat or a lamb the offerer could apparently choose which, and in each case a female. In other points the ritual is the same. For common people RV...

  • 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;...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ONE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13. BE GUILTY. acknowledges his guilt, as in Leviticus 4:22....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The Sin-Offering for one of the common people_(Heb. -people of the land"), _a she-goat or a lamb_ The she-goat (Leviticus 4:28), according to Numbers 15:27, was to be of the first year. The lamb (Le...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. THE SIN OFFERING FOR INDIVIDUALS 4:27-35 TEXT 4:27-35 27 And if any one of the common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IF ANY ONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE SIN THROUGH IGNORANCE, WHILE HE DOETH SOMEWHAT AGAINST ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD CONCERNING THINGS WHICH OUGHT NOT TO BE DONE, AND BE GUILTY;_ If any on...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:27 one (d-4) Lit. 'one soul.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIN OFFERING (4:1-5:13) AND THE GUILT OFFERING (5:14-6:7) These are later and specialised forms of the Burnt Offering. They presuppose a state of matters in which the good relationship between God...

  • 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

    וְ אִם ־נֶ֧פֶשׁ אַחַ֛ת תֶּחֱטָ֥א בִ שְׁגָגָ֖ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Leviticus 4:13 GRADED RESPONSIBILITY Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:22;...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SIN OFFERING Leviticus 4:1 BOTH in the burnt offering and in the peace offering, Israel was taught, as we are, that all consecration and all fellowship with God must begin with, and ever depends...

  • 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

    SIN-OFFERINGS FOR RULERS AND PEOPLE Leviticus 4:22 The character of the sin for which the sin-offering was presented is expressed by the words, repeated again and again, “through ignorance,” or “unwi...

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

    We come now to the consideration of the sin offering. In the light of the divine holiness sin is seen, whether it be willful or not, and provisions must be made for its expiation. In the instructions,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The land. A rustic or plebeian. (Menochius) --- The offences of such might be expiated by the sacrifice of a goat, ewe, lamb, ram, two pigeons, or flour, chap. v. 7. and xi. 15. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is but little alteration here again, in the provision, made for the sin of the common people, from that for the ruler; only in an humbler oblation. Ezekiel 18:4. Hence, one common salvation is a...

  • 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

    AND IF ANYONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE SIN THROUGH IGNORANCE,.... Or, "if one soul of the people of the earth": that is, a single person, and so is distinguished from the congregation, one of the common s...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The sinne offering of ignorance, 3 for the Priest, 13 for the Congregation, 22 for the Ruler, 27 for any of the people. [OFFERINGS FOR SINNES OF IGNORANCE.] 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, sa...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And if any one of the common people, any person, man or woman, native Jew or sojourning foreigner, Numbers 15, SIN THROUGH IGNORANCE, in the same inadvertent manner as in the cases considered till now...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIN OFFERING FOR CASES OF IGNORANCE (vv. 1-2) The sin offering was for sins of ignorance, or inadvertence. These are things that we do not realize are sin and we easily fall into such things unin...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ANY ONE: _ Heb._ any soul COMMON PEOPLE: _ Heb._ people of the land...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    27-35 Here is the law of the sin-offering for a common person. To be able to plead, when charged with sin, that we did it ignorantly, and through the surprise of temptation, will not bring us off, if...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE COMMON PEOPLE, whether Israelites, or strangers embodied with them and proselytes; for both were under one and the same law, EXODUS 12:49 NUMBERS 15:16....

  • 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 4:27 anyone H259 H5315 common H776 people H5971 sins H2398 (H8799) unintentionally H7684 doing H6213 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PURIFICATION FOR SIN OFFERING FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE (LEVITICUS 4:27). This is of either a female goat or a female sheep. It is thus of lower rank than that of the ruler, which was male, but may be...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sin offering laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Even sins done in ignorance need to be atoned for by sacrifice. To plead ignorance when charged with sin will not deliver. Our only h...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 4:2. _Sin through ignorance._ Ignorance is itself a crime, for all men ought to know the scriptures; or in doubtful cases, they should ask advice. Error and negligence are therefore without...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If any one of the common people sin through ignorance._ THE SIN-OFFERING FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE I. The person: a common person. 1. If a common person sin his sins will ruin him; he may not be able t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If a soul shall sin through ignorance._ THE SIN AND TRESPASS-OFFERINGS I. There are, then, some lingering defilements and trespasses adhering to man, even though he be justified, consecrated, and in...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 4:22 The PRIEST atones for the sin of a LEADER or an individual by what he does with the BLOOD at the ALTAR of the

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Sacrifices for Sins SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 4:2.—If a soul shall sin. Be it noted that the foregoing sacrifices are specified as sacrifices already _familiar_ to the Hebrew people. In distincti...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE SIN OFFERING (Leviticus 4:1, Leviticus 5:1). At the time of the Mosaic legislation, burnt offerings and meat offerings were already in existence, and had existed from the time of the Fa...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter four, we get in now to the sin offerings. First of all, God said, "if a soul should sin through ignorance against any of the commandments" (Leviticus 4:2)-It is interesting...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 12:49; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:2; Numbers 15:16; Numbers 1

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