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Leviticus 4:24

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 was a nâsî". The same word is used of the heads of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites, Numbers 3:24; Numbers 3:30; Numbers 3:35. A.V. has -captain" in ch. 2, -chief" in ch. 3, -prince" in chs. 1, 7 and 34, -ruler" in ch. 13. R.V. has -prince" throughout. The word denotes one in authority over a tribe or over a portion of it. Comparing Ezekiel 34:24 -my servant David prince" (nâsî" Heb.) with Ezekiel 37:24 -my servant David shall be king," Jewish tradition infers that a king is meant in this passage.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See Leviticus 1:11....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE SIN OFFERING Chapter S 4-5:13 _ 1. The second utterance of Jehovah (Leviticus 4:1)_ 2. The sin offering for the high priest (Leviticus 4:3) 3. The sin offering for the congregation (Levitic...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 4:1 TO LEVITICUS 5:13. THE SIN OFFERING. This, and the guilt offering, whose ritual follows, are unknown before the Exile, save as fines (2 Kings 12:16;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIN OFFERING TOR A RULER, or tribal chief or representative. The word is also used of the one chief of the nation in post-exilic writers when the succession of kings had come to an end. It would a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHEN A RULER HATH SINNED, AND DONE SOMEWHAT THROUGH IGNORANCE AGAINST ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD HIS GOD CONCERNING THINGS WHICH SHOULD NOT BE DONE, AND IS GUILTY;_ When a ruler hath sinned...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIN OFFERING (4:1-5:13) AND THE GUILT OFFERING (5:14-6:7) These are later and specialised forms of the Burnt Offering. They presuppose a state of matters in which the good relationship between God...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ סָמַ֤ךְ יָדֹו֙ עַל ־רֹ֣אשׁ הַ שָּׂעִ֔יר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SIN OFFERING Leviticus 4:1 BOTH in the burnt offering and in the peace offering, Israel was taught, as we are, that all consecration and all fellowship with God must begin with, and ever depends...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE RITUAL OF THE SIN OFFERING Leviticus 4:4; Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 6:24 ACCORDING to the Authorised Version, Leviticus 5:6

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SIN-OFFERINGS FOR RULERS AND PEOPLE Leviticus 4:22 The character of the sin for which the sin-offering was presented is expressed by the words, repeated again and again, “through ignorance,” or “unwi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We come now to the consideration of the sin offering. In the light of the divine holiness sin is seen, whether it be willful or not, and provisions must be made for its expiation. In the instructions,...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it (h) in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering. (h) That is, the priest shall kill it; fo...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _He. Samaritan and Septuagint read, "they shall have," referring it to the priests._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The same without much variety, only in an humbler offering, is here appointed for the ruler, as for the priest. Both evidently referring to the finished redemption which is in CHRIST, and to which all...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL LAY HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; Leviticus 1:4 AND KILL IT; not the prince, but the priest after mentioned, or the butcher, as the s...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering. Ver. 24. _Lay his hand._] _See Trapp on "_ Le...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 4:22 ; LEVITICUS 4:24. _A ruler_ Of the people, or a civil magistrate. _Where they kill the burnt-offering_ So called by way of eminence, to wit, the daily burnt-offering. _It is a sin-offer...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The sinne offering of ignorance, 3 for the Priest, 13 for the Congregation, 22 for the Ruler, 27 for any of the people. [OFFERINGS FOR SINNES OF IGNORANCE.] 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, sa...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and he shall lay his hand up on the head of the goat, as the substitute victim, AND KILL IT IN THE PLACE WHERE THEY KILL THE BURNT OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD; IT IS A SIN-OFFERING....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FOR A RULER...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIN OFFERING FOR CASES OF IGNORANCE (vv. 1-2) The sin offering was for sins of ignorance, or inadvertence. These are things that we do not realize are sin and we easily fall into such things unin...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    22-26 Those who have power to call others to account, are themselves accountable to the Ruler of rulers. The sin of the ruler, committed through ignorance, must come to his knowledge, either by the c...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE BURNT-OFFERING is so called by way of eminency, to wit, the daily burnt-offering, of which EXODUS 29:38, of which place see LEVITICUS 1:11. It is a sin-offering, and therefore to be killed where t...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Having Considered the "sweet savour" Offerings, We now approach the "sacrifices for sin." These were divided into two classes, namely, sin offerings and trespass offerings. Of the former, there were t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 4:24 lay H5564 (H8804) hand H3027 head H7218 goat H8163 kill H7819 (H8804) place H4725 kill...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PURIFICATION FOR SIN OFFERING FOR A RULER OF THE PEOPLE (LEVITICUS 4:22). We now come a step down to a ruler of the people. The situation is now different. He does not represent the whole nation,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sin offering laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Even sins done in ignorance need to be atoned for by sacrifice. To plead ignorance when charged with sin will not deliver. Our only h...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 4:2. _Sin through ignorance._ Ignorance is itself a crime, for all men ought to know the scriptures; or in doubtful cases, they should ask advice. Error and negligence are therefore without...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When a ruler hath sinned._ A LESSON FOR POLITICIANS While there are many in our parliaments and like governing bodies in Christendom who cast their every vote with the fear of God before their eyes,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If a soul shall sin through ignorance._ THE SIN AND TRESPASS-OFFERINGS I. There are, then, some lingering defilements and trespasses adhering to man, even though he be justified, consecrated, and in...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 4:22 The PRIEST atones for the sin of a LEADER or an individual by what he does with the BLOOD at the ALTAR of the

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Sacrifices for Sins SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 4:2.—If a soul shall sin. Be it noted that the foregoing sacrifices are specified as sacrifices already _familiar_ to the Hebrew people. In distincti...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE SIN OFFERING (Leviticus 4:1, Leviticus 5:1). At the time of the Mosaic legislation, burnt offerings and meat offerings were already in existence, and had existed from the time of the Fa...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter four, we get in now to the sin offerings. First of all, God said, "if a soul should sin through ignorance against any of the commandments" (Leviticus 4:2)-It is interesting...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 29:38; Isaiah 53:6; Leviticus 1:11; Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The burnt — offering — So called by way of eminency, to wit, the daily burnt — offering. It is a sin — offering — And therefore to be killed where the burnt — offering is killed; whereby it is disting...

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