_A.M. 2514. B.C. 1490._ Directions concerning trespass-offerings. Both this and the sin-offering were intended to make atonement for sin, but the former was more general: The latter was to be offered only in some particular cases. If a man sinned, by hearing and concealing blasphemy, Leviticus 5:1;... [ Continue Reading ]
_And hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness_ The meaning seems to be, If a person sin, in not revealing the _voice of swearing_, which he _has seen_, that is, been a witness to, or been present when it was said, or _known_ by sufficient information from others. But it must be observed, that th... [ Continue Reading ]
_If it be hidden from him_ If he did it unawares, yet that would not excuse him, because he should have been more circumspect to avoid all unclean things. Hereby God designed to awaken men to watchfulness against, and repentance for, their unknown, or unobserved sins. _He shall be unclean_ Not moral... [ Continue Reading ]
_If a soul swear_ Rashly and unadvisedly, without consideration, either of God's law or of his own power or right, as David did, 1 Samuel 25:22: so the following word, לבשׂא, _lebattee_, rendered _pronouncing_, properly signifies, Psalms 106:33. The meaning is, Whosoever shall, in a passion or other... [ Continue Reading ]
_In one of these things_ In one of the three forementioned cases, either by sinful silence, or by an unclean touch, or by rash swearing. _He shall confess_ Before the Lord, in the place of public worship. And this confession is not to be restrained to the present case, but, by a parity of reason, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_His trespass-offering_ But how come confession and sacrifice to be necessary for him that touched an unclean thing, when such persons were cleansed with simple washing, as appears from Leviticus 11., and Numbers 19.? This place speaks of him that being so unclean did come into the tabernacle, as ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_Not able_ Through poverty. And this exception was allowed also in other sin-offerings. _For a sin-offering_ Which was for that particular sin, and therefore offered first before the burnt-offering, which was for sins in general; to teach us not to rest in general confessions and repentance, but dis... [ Continue Reading ]
_It is a sin-offering_ This is added as the reason why its blood was so sprinkled and spilt. _According to the manner_ Or _order_, appointed by God. _The priest shall make an atonement_ Either declaratively, he shall pronounce him to be pardoned; or typically, with respect to Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The tenth part of an ephah_ About six pints. _He shall put no oil, neither frankincense_ Either as a fit expression of his sorrow for his sins, in the sense whereof, he was to abstain from things pleasant; or to signify, that by his sins he deserved to be utterly deprived both of the oil of gladnes... [ Continue Reading ]
_A trespass_ Against the Lord and his priests. _Through ignorance_ For if a man did it knowingly, he was to be cut off, Numbers 15:30. _In the holy things_ In things consecrated to God, and to holy uses; these were many, and by various ways a man might be guilty, even unwittingly, with respect to th... [ Continue Reading ]
The former law concerns the alienation of holy things from sacred to common use; this may concern other miscarriages about holy things and holy duties, as may be gathered from Leviticus 5:19, where this is said to be a _trespass against the Lord_, not in a general sense, for so every sin was, but in... [ Continue Reading ]