A trespass Against the Lord and his priests. Through ignorance For if a man did it knowingly, he was to be cut off, Numbers 15:30. In the holy things In things consecrated to God, and to holy uses; these were many, and by various ways a man might be guilty, even unwittingly, with respect to them; such as tithes and first-fruits, or any thing due or devoted to God, which possibly a man might either withhold, or employ to some common use. A ram A more chargeable sacrifice than the former, as the sin of sacrilege was greater. With thy estimation As thou, O priest, shalt esteem or rate it; and at present, thou, O Moses, for he as yet performed the priest's part. And this was an additional charge and punishment to him; besides the ram, he was to pay for the holy thing which he had withheld or abused, so many shekels of silver as the priests should esteem proportionable to it.

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