CHAPTER IV _The law concerning the sin-offering for transgressions committed_ _through ignorance_, 1, 2. _For the_ priest _thus sinning_, 3-12. _For the sins of ignorance of the whole_ congregation, 13-21. _For the sins of ignorance of a_ ruler, 22-26. _For the sins of ignorance of any of the_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:2. _IF A SOUL SHALL SIN THROUGH IGNORANCE_] That is, if any man shall do what God has forbidden, or leave undone what God has commanded, through ignorance of the law relative to these points; as soon as the transgression or omission comes to his knowledge, he shall offer the sacri... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:3. _IF THE PRIEST THAT IS ANOINTED_] Meaning, most probably, the high priest. _According to the sin of the people_; for although he had greater advantages than the people could have, in being more conversant with the law of God, and his lips should understand and preserve knowledge... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:4. _LAY HIS HAND UPON THE BULLOCK'S HEAD_] Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:6. _SEVEN TIMES_] Exodus 29:30. The blood of this sacrifice was applied in three different ways: 1. The priest put his finger in it, and sprinkled it seven times before the veil, Leviticus 4:6. 2. He put some of it on the horns of the altar of incense. 3. He poured the remaining... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:12. _WITHOUT THE CAMP_] This was intended figuratively to express the sinfulness of this sin, and the availableness of the atonement. The sacrifice, as having the sin of the priest transferred from himself to it by his confession and imposition of hands, was become unclean and abo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:13. _IF THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL SIN_] This probably refers to some oversight in acts of religious worship, or to some transgression of the letter of the law, which arose out of the peculiar circumstances in which they were then found, such as the case mentioned 1 Samuel 1... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 4:22. _WHEN A RULER HATH SINNED_] Under the term נשיא _nasi_, it is probable that any person is meant who held any kind of political dignity among the people, though the rabbins generally understand it of the _king_. _A kid of the goats_ was the sacrifice in this case, the rites nea... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ordinary sort. Any of these, having transgressed through ignorance, was obliged to bring a lamb or a kid,... [ Continue Reading ]