AND THE LORD SPAKE ... ISRAEL - This formula is the commencement of a distinct section of the Law. Leviticus 4:2 IF A SOUL SHALL SIN - The sin-offering was a new thing, instituted by the Law. The older kinds of sacrifice Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 3:1 when offered by individuals were purely voluntary... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST THAT IS ANOINTED - i. e. the high priest. (Compare Leviticus 8:12; Leviticus 21:10; Exodus 29:7). On the anointing of the other priests see the note at Leviticus 8:13. The graduation of the sin-offerings is remarkable. It might seem that the distinction addressed itself more pointedly to... [ Continue Reading ]
The treatment of the blood was special in the sin-offerings. In the inferior sin-offerings it was smeared on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering Leviticus 4:25, Leviticus 4:30, Leviticus 4:34, while in this offering for the high priest, and in that for the nation, the high priest himself sprink... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE VAIL OF THE SANCTUARY - This is generally understood to mean the floor of the holy place in front of the veil.... [ Continue Reading ]
POUR - All the blood that was left after the sprinkling and the smearing should be disposed of in such a manner as to suit the decorum of divine service. It had no sacrificial significance.... [ Continue Reading ]
A clean place where the ashes are poured out See Leviticus 1:16 note. It was a place free from impurities, not like those referred to in Leviticus 14:40, Leviticus 14:45. The flesh, though it was burned in an ordinary way, and not sent up in the fire of the altar (see Leviticus 1:9 note), was not to... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION ... ASSEMBLY - Each of the Hebrew words signifies the people in a collected body. It does not appear that there is any difference between them in the connection in which they are here used.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE SIN ... IS KNOWN - Compare 1 Samuel 14:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
In this case the imposition of hands is performed by the elders in behalf of the nation. But in other respects the rites were performed by the high priest in the same manner as in the sin-offering for himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALTAR ... IN THE TABERNACLE - i. e. the altar of incense (compare Leviticus 4:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
RULER - Either the head of a tribe Numbers 1:4, or the head of a division of a tribe (Numbers 34:18; compare Joshua 22:30).... [ Continue Reading ]
OR IF HIS SIN - Rather, And if his sin. COME TO HIS KNOWLEDGE - i. e. when he had become conscious of his sin. A KID OF THE GOATS - A shaggy he-goat, in distinction from a smooth-haired he-goat. It was the regular sin-offering at the yearly festivals Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:15; Numbers 28:15,... [ Continue Reading ]
See Leviticus 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMMON PEOPLE - literally, as in the margin, “the people of the land.” Compare Leviticus 20:2, Leviticus 20:4; 2 Kings 11:18. It was the ordinary designation of the people, as distinguished from the priests and the rulers.... [ Continue Reading ]
A KID OF THE GOATS - A shaggy she-goat.... [ Continue Reading ]
A LAMB - A sheep. See Leviticus 3:7 note. Three points are to be observed in regard to the victims for sin-offerings. (a) The common people had to offer a female, as the less valuable animaI; they might present either a sheep or a goat to suit their convenience: (b) the rulers had always to offer... [ Continue Reading ]