After Moses had treated of the offerings and other sacrifices, which were testimonies of gratitude and exercises of piety, he now descends to the sin-offering (_expiationem _) which held the chief place amongst the sacrifices, inasmuch as, without reconciliation, there could never be any intercourse... [ Continue Reading ]
3._If the priest that is anointed. _He now distinguishes between different persons, and begins with the high priest, who alone bore the high distinction of the holy unction, unless it be thought better to apply it to the whole supreme class. (260) It is probable, however, that it only refers to one.... [ Continue Reading ]
5._And the priest that is anointed shall take. _It is well known that what is here prescribed as to the sprinkling of blood, and its pouring out, as well as to the burning of the fat and the kidneys, is the same as in the other sacrifices; and the comparison in the 10th verse sufficiently proves tha... [ Continue Reading ]
13._And if the whole congregation. _The very same sacrifice which was enjoined on the priest is required of the people; since he who went into the sanctuary in the name of all to present all the tribes before God, represented the whole body. It seems indeed that the kind of ignorance here spoken of... [ Continue Reading ]
22._When a ruler hath sinned. _A peculiar atonement is also appointed for the transgression of the rulers; and, although he speaks of the ruler in the singular number, yet inasmuch as the law was not yet enacted that one individual should bear rule, he undoubtedly designates the heads and governors... [ Continue Reading ]