AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN... — When he feels that he has been guilty of one of these sins specified in Leviticus 5:1, he must confess the offence which he has committed. For the form of confession which obtained during the second Temple, see Leviticus 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL BRING HIS TRESPASS OFFERING... A LAMB OR A KID OF THE GOATS. — Better, _a sheep, or a shaggy she-goat_ (see Leviticus 4:23; Leviticus 4:32). The first thing to be noticed is that the sacrifice is here called (_âshâm_) “trespass offering,” which is the right rendering of the word, and is... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF HE BE NOT ABLE TO BRING. — The only exception to this general rule was poverty. The poor man who was unable to bring a sheep or she-goat, might bring two turtle-doves, as these were plentiful and cheap in Palestine. (See Leviticus 1:14.) We have seen in the preceding verse that in the case of... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WRING OFF HIS HEAD. — For the manner in which this was performed see Leviticus 1:15. It will be seen that it is here distinctly ordered that in this operation the head of the bird is not to be severed from its body. Herein it differed from the burnt offering in Leviticus 1:15. At the time of the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL SPRINKLE. — Here again there is a striking difference between the ritual in the sacrifice before us and that in the case of the regular sin offering described in the previous Chapter s. The blood is simply to be thrown on the walls of the altar, whilst in the ordinary sin offering, the... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE MANNER. — That is, according to the rites prescribed in Leviticus 1:14, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF HE BE NOT ABLE. — The benign consideration for the poor, and the desire not to mulct them too heavily for their frailties, are here still more evinced in the statute before us. If anyone is so impoverished that the offering of two birds would press too heavily upon him, he might bring the ten... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE. — After he separated a handful of the flour, which was burnt on the altar as a memorial to the Lord (see Leviticus 2:12), the officiating priest consumed the rest. ACCORDING TO THE OFFERING MADE BY FIRE. — Better, _upon the offering made by fire._ (See Leviticus 4:35.)... [ Continue Reading ]
AS TOUCHING HIS SIN THAT HE HAD SINNED IN ONE OF THESE. — That is, in one of the three sins specified in Leviticus 5:1 of this chapter. (See Leviticus 5:5.) AND THE REMNANT SHALL BE THE PRIEST’S. — Better, _and it shall belong to the priest._ The word _remnant_ is not in the original, and is better... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. — As the introductory formula implies, this is another communication made to the lawgiver at a different time, and sets forth a further development of the laws respecting the trespass offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF A SOUL COMMIT A TRESPASS. — The word used here for trespass is not the same which is so rendered in Leviticus 5:19, and from which the noun rendered in this very chapter by trespass offering (Leviticus 5:6; Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 5:19), is derived. It literally denotes to cover, then to act co... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL MAKE AMENDS. — As the sacrifice was simply to atone for the transgression, the offender was in the first place to make restitution of the full value of the principal which he had inadvertently appropriated. AND SHALL ADD THE FIFTH PART THERETO. — Besides paying the principal, the fifth... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF A SOUL SIN. — To guard the Israelites most effectually against making profane use of anything dedicated to the sanctuary and its service, it is here further enacted in Leviticus 5:17, that a trespass offering is to be brought when a man only suspects that he had used things which belonged to... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL BRING A RAM. — Under such circumstances of suspense and feelings of guilt, he is to bring the same victim as in the former instance. WITH THY ESTIMATION. — That is, according to thy _i.e.,_ Moses’ valuation, the ram is to be worth two shekels. (See Leviticus 5:15.) AND WIST IT NOT. — B... [ Continue Reading ]
It IS A TRESPASS OFFERING. — That is, though the prescribed fifth part is here dispensed with, it is still a trespass offering, for his conscience tells him that he has trespassed against the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]