Leviticus 4:22

_WHEN A RULER HATH SINNED, AND DONE SOMEWHAT THROUGH IGNORANCE AGAINST ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD HIS GOD CONCERNING THINGS WHICH SHOULD NOT BE DONE, AND IS GUILTY;_ When a ruler hath sinned. Whatever was the form of government, the king, judge, or subordinate was the party concerned in this law. The transgression of such a civil functionary being less serious in its character and consequences than that either of the high priest or the congregation, a sin offering of inferior value was required - "a kid of the goats" х_ Sª`IYR_ (H8163) _ `IZIYM_ (H5795), a goat-buck]; and neither was the blood carried into the sanctuary, but applied only to the altar of burnt offering; nor was the carcass taken without the camp-it was eaten by the priests in waiting. The name given to the goat, says Bahr, will afford a clue to the design contemplated in the selec

22._When a ruler hath sinned. _A peculiar atonement is also appointed for the transgression of the rulers; and, although he speaks of the ruler in the singular number, yet inasmuch as the law was not yet enacted that one individual should bear rule, he undoubtedly designates the heads and governors generally, because they who bear rule do more injury by their bad example than private persons. If, then, any of the judges or governors had sinned through error, he might indeed be set free by a lesser victim than the priest or the whole people, yet there was individually this difference between them, that they were to offer she-goats or lambs, and the ruler a he-goat; and the object of this was that those in authority should more carefully keep themselves pure from every transgression, whereas otherwise they are wont to indulge themselves more freely, as if their rank and dignity allowed the...

22-26 Those who have power to call others to account, are themselves accountable to the Ruler of rulers. The sin of the ruler, committed through ignorance, must come to his knowledge, either by the check of his own conscience, or by the reproof of his friends; both which even the best and greatest, not only should submit to, but be thankful for. That which I see not, teach thou me, and, Show me wherein I have erred, are prayers we should put up to God every day; that if, through ignorance, we fall into sin, we may not through ignorance abide in it....

Verse Leviticus 4:22. _WHEN A RULER HATH SINNED_] Under the term נשיא _nasi_, it is probable that any person is meant who held any kind of political dignity among the people, though the rabbins generally understand it of the _king_. _A kid of the goats_ was the sacrifice in this case, the rites nearly the same as in the preceding cases, only the _fat_ was burnt as that of the _peace-offering_. See Leviticus 4:26, and Leviticus 3:5....

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)....

EXPOSITION THE SIN OFFERING (Leviticus 4:1, Leviticus 5:1). At the time of the Mosaic legislation, burnt offerings and meat offerings were already in existence, and had existed from the time of the Fall. A beginning, therefore, is made with them, and the regulations of the peace offerings naturally follow, because these sacrifices succeed in order to the burnt and meat offerings, and because sacrifices in some respects of the same nature as peace offerings had previously existed under a different name (cf. Exodus 10:25 with Exodus 24:5, and see above notes on...

WHEN A RULER HATH SINNED,.... Or "prince", the "nasi", one that is lifted up above others in honour, power, and authority, or that bears the weight of government: the word comes from one which signifies to lift up, or to bear; it may be understood of a governor of a family, or of a tribe, as Aben Ezra observes; and so in the Talmud k it is said, it means the prince of a tribe, such as Nachson the son of Amminadab, prince of the tribe of Judah. Maimonides l says a king is designed, over whom none has power; and so Gersom on the place, who observes, that David the king is called a prince, Ezekiel 34:24 AND DONE [SOMEWHAT] THROUGH IGNORANCE [AGAINST] ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD HIS GOD; the phrase, "his God", is here added, and is not used neither of the anointed priest, nor of the congregation, nor of one of the common people; only of the prince, to show, that tho

4. THE SIN OFFERING Chapter S 4-5:13 _ 1. The second utterance of Jehovah (Leviticus 4:1)_ 2. The sin offering for the high priest (Leviticus 4:3) 3. The sin offering for the congregation (Leviticus 4:13) 4. The sin offering for the ruler (Leviticus 4:22) 5. The sin offering for one of the people (Leviticus 4:27) 6. The sin offering for special inadvertent offences (Leviticus 5:1) The burnt of

LEVITICUS 4:1 TO LEVITICUS 5:13. THE SIN OFFERING. This, and the guilt offering, whose ritual follows, are unknown before the Exile, save as fines (2 Kings 12:16; Amos 2:8). Ezek. mentions both, but is conscious of no difference between them. Probably the distinction between them grew up gradually (see on Ezekiel 5:14 ff.). The ritual is derived partly from that of the burnt offering and peace offering; partly from other old rites. No idea of substitution seems to be implied (though it is true that a ritual tablet from Babylonia states that idea very clearly; th

RULER. Hebrew word is used of. king (1 Kings 11:34.Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 46:2), the head of. tribe (Numbers 1:16; Numbers 1:46; Numbers 34:18), but as the words "his God" are used here, and are absent (in verses: Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 4:13;...