_OF HIM WHO CONCEALETH HIS KNOWLEDGE WHEN ADJURED: WHO TOUCHETH AN UNCLEAN THING; AND WHO MAKETH AN OATH OR VOW. OF THE TRESPASS-OFFERING IN SACRILEGE, AND IN SINS OF IGNORANCE._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF A SOUL SIN, &C.— This verse maybe translated in the following manner, which clearly explains it: _If any person, being adjured as a witness, shall offend in not discovering what he has seen or known, he shall bear his iniquity._ Houbigant, however, is of opinion, that this is not a just inter... [ Continue Reading ]
OR IF A SOUL SHALL SWEAR, PRONOUNCING WITH HIS LIPS TO DO EVIL, &C.— This seems to refer to the case of rash or hasty vows or oaths; as the word which we render _pronouncing,_ signifies _to speak rashly, foolishly,_ or _unadvisedly._ If a man forgot such rash oaths or vows, yet at length recollected... [ Continue Reading ]
IT SHALL BE, WHEN HE SHALL BE GUILTY IN ONE OF THESE— Read, _when he shall be sensible of his guilt in any one of these things, he shall confess,_ &c. To the confession, the Hebrew rabbis say, the usual forms in sacrifice were added: and Maimonides acquaints us, that the words of confession were the... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS TRESPASS-OFFERING— The original word אשׁם _asham, trespass,_ extends further than חטא _cheit, sin,_ even to sins against knowledge: but the precise difference between them it is not easy to settle: we refer to Outram _de Sacrificiis,_ as before. Dr. Beaumont observes, that "these _trespass-offer... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE FOR A SIN-OFFERING, AND THE OTHER FOR A BURNT-OFFERING— It appears from the following verses, that the _sin-offering_ was first to be offered, in order to reconcile the sinner with God: and then the _burnt-offering_ or gift might be accepted. In Matthew 5:23 our Saviour refers to this custom.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE MANNER— "The _manner_ or _ordinance,"_ says Dr. Beaumont. Heb. the _judgment;_ which word is here, and often elsewhere, used for the _manner_ or _rite_ of doing a thing, and has reference to the law in ch. Leviticus 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
TENTH PART OF AN EPHAH OF FINE FLOUR— That is, an omer. No _oil_ or _frankincense_ was to be put upon this gift, as these were appropriated to joyful occasions; and, consequently, unfit for offerings expressive of humiliation and grief; see Numbers 5:15. _Note:_ Sin must be as unsavoury to the soul,... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THY ESTIMATION— Though the sin here mentioned may refer to the holy things in general, yet it is commonly thought to refer particularly to the eating that part of the sacrifice which belonged to the priest; at least, so we are led to think, from ch. Leviticus 22:14 as well as from the expressio... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH HE WIST IT NOT— Though he _knew_ it not. It is the same word as has been used throughout the chapter, and refers to sins of ignorance.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS A TRESPASS-OFFERING— Houbigant renders this, _such shall be the trespass-offering: whosoever shall_ [thus] _sin against the Lord, shall offer a trespass-offering._ Those who refer to the Hebrew here, will not wonder to find a variety in the versions of it. REFLECTIONS.—As sacrilege is a very... [ Continue Reading ]