Leviticus 5:1-13 [47]. _Three cases in which a Sin-Offering must be brought_ [47] For the reasons which have led critics to assign Leviticus 5:1 to a source other than that of 4. see Revelation 1 (_a_). 1 _._ THE FIRST CASE. A man who has either seen a crime perpetrated (e.g. one stealing another's... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND CASE when anyone unwittingly touches an unclean thing. By -beast" is meant a wild animal, by -cattle" one of the herd or of the flock (Leviticus 1:2). _unclean creeping things_ SWARMING things; cp. Leviticus 11:29; Leviticus 11:31. On the distinction between -creeping" and -swarming" th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD CASE when anyone utters a rash oath or vow. _swear rashly_ The Heb. verb occurs in the Pi-el form (_baṭṭç_) only here and Psalms 106:33; in sound it resembles the first part of βαττολογήσητε in Matthew 6:7. To take an oath or vow lightly, without considering its purport, is a breach of t... [ Continue Reading ]
The LXX. omit the first clause of Leviticus 5:5 as far as -these _things_" (this _may_be due to confusion of the phrase with the identical one at the end of Leviticus 5:4 -one of these _things_"). The confession is to be made when he lays his hand on the Sin-Offering (cp. note on Leviticus 1:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_his guilt offering_ The Heb. word _"âshâm, guilt_, here and in Leviticus 5:7 is also translated _guilt_(_trespass_A.V.) _offering_in Leviticus 5:15_; Leviticus 5:18_, Leviticus 6:6 (for the attitude of the Heb. mind which led to this ambiguity in the sense of _"âshâm_see Kennett, etc. _Conceptions... [ Continue Reading ]
The similarity between this alternative offering for a poor man and that of Leviticus 1:14-17 is obvious.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and wring off_ as in Leviticus 1:15. It has been thought that the last clause of the _v._refers still to the neck, indicating that in this case the head of the bird was not to be wholly separated from the body. But it seems better to take that clause to have the same reference as in Leviticus 1:17,... [ Continue Reading ]
_he shall sprinkle_ The same word as in Leviticus 4:6; Leviticus 4:17, but the sprinkling is not done with the finger, nor is the blood put on the horns of the altar, but upon the side of it. Two birds are brought; the one that is burnt represents the part of the Sin-Offering offered to the Lord, th... [ Continue Reading ]
_according to the ordinance_ i.e. as prescribed in Leviticus 1:14-17.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he shall put no oil upon it_ as in the jealousy offering (Numbers 5:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
A further concession in the case of extreme poverty: 1/10th of an ephah of fine flour is allowed as a substitute for the animal sacrifice. This is treated as a Meal-Offering but described as a Sin-Offering (Leviticus 5:11). See Rob.-Sm. _Rel. Sem._2 p. 242, note 3, with a reference by Frazer to an i... [ Continue Reading ]
_upon the offerings_ -after the manner of" R.V. mg. Either it is placed upon the offerings which have been brought during the day, or it is burnt in the same way as other fire-offerings. Cp. Leviticus 4:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
the remnant _shall be the priest's_ -the remnant" is not expressed in Heb. but is supplied by the LXX. It might be supposed that a priest would not be so extremely poor as to bring this offering; tradition however provided that if he did, the whole was to be burnt on the altar, according to Leviticu... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 5:14 to Leviticus 6:7. The Guilt-Offering Three cases where a Guilt-Offering should be brought are here specified: (_a_) 15, 16; if part of what is due to the Lord has been withheld. 15. _commit a trespass_ The Heb. word (_mâ-al_) here and in Leviticus 6:2 is different from that which i... [ Continue Reading ]
(_b_) 17 19. _if any one sin, and do any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done_ The description of the sin in this case is the same as that in Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:22; Leviticus 4:27. In what respect do these sins (which here require a Guilt-Offering) diffe... [ Continue Reading ]