Leviticus 4 - Introduction
Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13. The Sin-Offering... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13. The Sin-Offering... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 4:1. A general introduction like that in Leviticus 1:1-2. From here to Leviticus 6:7 a new class of sacrifices are prescribed, the Sin-Offerings and Guilt-Offerings, and the _occasions_on which they are to be brought are specified, while in chs. 1 3 nothing is said about _when_the sacrific... [ Continue Reading ]
_the anointed priest_ So called here and in Leviticus 4:5_; Leviticus 4:16_, Leviticus 6:22; -the high priest" in Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 35:25; Numbers 35:28; -the chief priest" 2Ki 25:18; 2 Chronicles 19:11; 2 Chronicles 24:11; 2Ch 26:20;... [ Continue Reading ]
_The high priest's Sin-Offering, a bullock_... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Leviticus 4:14-18. The first part of the ceremonial is like that of the Burnt-Offering. The disposal of the blood is different: the priest dips his finger into the blood, which has been caught in a bowl, and sprinkles it seven times before the veil of the sanctuary, i.e. the veil between the Hol... [ Continue Reading ]
The -altar of sweet incense" does not appear in Exodus 27-29 (P g). It must therefore be ascribed to a secondary addition (p [43]) to the groundwork of the Priestly Code. See App. on P, pp. 174 f. [43] (_secondary_enactments) combined with the earlier strata. See further, pp. 174 ff. _before the_L... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. 19 21. The fat parts (the same as those reserved for the altar in the Peace-Offering) are then removed from the bullock, and burnt upon the altar of Burnt-Offering. All the remainder (_even the whole bullock shall he carry forth_in Leviticus 4:12 is traditionally interpreted as directing that th... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Sin-Offering for the congregation, a bullock_... [ Continue Reading ]
_the assembly shall offer_ The same Heb. word as that translated -assembly" in Leviticus 4:13. See on Leviticus 4:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the elders_ This expression, common in JE and Deut., occurs in P here and in Leviticus 9:1; Joshua 20:4 only.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the altar which is before the Lord_ The altar of sweet incense, see Leviticus 4:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_all the fat thereof_ described fully in Leviticus 4:8; the parts which were offered in the Peace-Offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the bullock of the sin offering_ i.e. the bullock referred to in Leviticus 4:3; called -the first bullock" in Leviticus 4:21. Another law in Numbers 15:22-26 prescribes an offering to be brought by the whole congregation which differs from that here enjoined, viz. a young bullock for a Burnt-Offer... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Sin-Offering for the ruler, a he-goat_ The blood in this case is not brought into the tent of meeting but put upon the horns of the altar of Burnt-Offering, and poured out at the base of the altar. The fat and inwards are removed and burnt on the altar as in the two preceding cases. An ordinar... [ Continue Reading ]
_a goat_ lit. a shaggy one of goats, i.e. a hairy goat, an expression used of female goats (Leviticus 4:28) as well as males. The phrase occurs, with the exception of Genesis 37:31, exclusively in Lev. and Ezek. of the animal brought as a Sin-Offering. Whether a particular breed with long hair is me... [ Continue Reading ]
_where they kill the burnt offering_ Cp. Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 1:11; on the side of the altar northward. The Heb. word for -ruler" is _nâsî_", and is used of the princes of the tribes in Numbers 1:16; Numbers 2:3; Numbers 2:5 etc., Numbers 2:7; Numbers 34:18. Each of the spies sent in Numbers 13... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 (Leviticus 4:32) was also to be a female. The ritual is the same for both animals, and like that of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_for a sweet savour unto the Lord_ This expression occurs only here in connexion with Sin-Offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]
_upon the offerings_ -after the manner of" R.V. mg. Either the portions are to be burnt upon the remains of sacrifices already offered, or in the same way as other fire-offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]