Leviticus 5:1

CHAPTER V

Concerning witnesses who, being adjured, refuse to tell the

truth, 1.

Of those who contract defilement by touching unclean things

or persons, 2, 3.

Of those who bind themselves by vows or oaths, and do not

fulfil them, 4, 5.

The trespass-offering prescribed in such cases, a lamb or a

kid, 6;

a turtle-dove or two young pigeons, 7-10;

or an ephah of fine flour with oil and frankincense, 11-13.

Other laws relative to trespasses, through ignorance in holy

things, 14-16.

Of trespasses in things unknown, 17-19.

NOTES ON CHAP. V

Verse Leviticus 5:1. If a soul sin] It is generally supposed that the case referred to here is that of a person who, being demanded by the civil magistrate to answer upon oath, refuses to tell what he knows concerning the subject; such a one shall bear his iniquity - shall be considered as guilty in the sight of God, of the transgression which he has endeavoured to conceal, and must expect to be punished by him for hiding the iniquity to which he was privy, or suppressing the truth which, being discovered, would have led to the exculpation of the innocent, and the punishment of the guilty.