Leviticus 5:1

_AND IF A SOUL SIN, AND HEAR THE VOICE OF SWEARING, AND IS A WITNESS, WHETHER HE HATH SEEN OR KNOWN OF IT; IF HE DO NOT UTTER IT, THEN HE SHALL BEAR HIS INIQUITY._ The section (1-13) is a continuation of the law regarding sin offerings in the case of a common Israelite, and specifies three examples of sin, arising from precipitation and neglect, which, though of a lighter character than those previously alluded to, required expiation in the person who committed them. IF A SOUL ... HEAR THE VOICE OF SWEARING - or rather, of adjuration х_ QOWL_ (H6963) _ 'AALAAH_ (H423); Septuagint, fooneen horkismou]. The reference is either to one who, having heard another testify on oath to what was false, and neglected to give information of the perjury; or to one who had not gone before a court to give the evidence which he possessed. A proclamation was issued, c

1._And if a soul sin. _The three kinds of offense, to which Moses refers in the beginning of the chapter, seem to differ much from each other; for the first, when a person concealed a matter which he knew, could not arise from error, yet I include this concealment of which he treats under the head of error, by supposing it to have been when a person should be induced by shame or fear to connive at any crime or offense respecting which he might be interrogated, and so, without any design of perjuring himself, but by blinding himself, should withhold what he would have said, if he had duly examined the matter. Yet these words must be more narrowly discussed, respecting the meaning of which men are not well agreed. Some think that the word אלה, (266) _alah, _is put for “execration,” as though it were said, if any shall have heard a misdoing or detestable crime worthy of ex

1-13 The offences here noticed are, 1. A man's concealing the truth, when he was sworn as a witness to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. If, in such a case, for fear of offending one that has been his friend, or may be his enemy, a man refuses to give evidence, or gives it but in part, he shall bear his iniquity. And that is a heavy burden, which, if some course be not taken to get it removed, will sink a man to hell. Let all that are called at any time to be witnesses, think of this law, and be free and open in their evidence, and take heed of prevaricating. An oath of the Lord is a sacred thing, not to be trifled with. 2. A man's touching any thing that was ceremonially unclean. Though his touching the unclean thing only made him ceremonially defiled, yet neglecting to wash himself according to the law, was either carelessness or contempt, and contracted mor...

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_

Special occasions are mentioned on which sin-offerings are to be made with a particular confession of the offence for which atonement is sought Leviticus 5:5. Leviticus 5:1 SWEARING - Adjuration. The case appears to be that of one who has been put upon his oath as a witness by a magistrate, and fails to utter all he has seen and heard (compare the marginal references. and Proverbs 29:24; Numbers 5:21). Leviticus 5:2 Hid from him -...

EXPOSITION THE SIN OFFERING—continued (Leviticus 5:1). The subject of the next thirteen verses is still the sin offering, not the trespass offering, as has been supposed by some. The first six verses state three specific cases for which sin offerings are required, and the remaining seven verses detail the concessions made to poverty in respect to the offerings required. The cases are those of a witness, of one ceremonially defiled, and of one who had sworn thoughtlessly. The concessions granted are two: two turtledoves or young pigeons are allowed instead of a lamb, and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour, without oil or frankincense, is allowed instead of the two turtle-doves or young pigeons. The latter concession is the more remarkable as the sacrifice by its means changes its character from a bloody to an unbloody o

AND IF A SOUL SIN,.... The soul is put for the person, and is particularly mentioned, as Ben Melech says, because possessed of will and desire: AND HEAR THE VOICE OF SWEARING; or cursing, or adjuration; not of profane swearing, and taking the name of God in vain, but either of false swearing, or perjury, as when a man hears another swear to a thing which he knows is false; or else of adjuration, either the voice of a magistrate or of a neighbour adjuring another, calling upon him with an oath to bear testimony in such a case; this is what the Jews r call the oath of testimony or witness, and which they say s is binding in whatsoever language it is heard: AND IS A WITNESS; is able to bear witness to the thing he is adjured about: WHETHER HE HATH SEEN OR KNOWN OF IT; what he has seen with his eyes, or knows by any means: of such a case, the Jews observe t, that there may be seeing witho...

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

SINS FOR WHICH OFFERINGS ARE NECESSARY. The first case is that of one who, when evidence in a trial is called for under a curse, deliberately conceals what he knows (there is no unwittingly here); the crime of silence is paralleled with ceremonial uncleanness. The second case is that arising from contact either with an unclean animal or from other defilement. Further details of these taboos are given in Leviticus 12-15, and a harsher law is found in Numbers 19:13; Numbers 19:20. The third case is that of one who finds that he has not carried out an oath uttered in rashness or thoughtlessness (_cf._ Psalms 15:4). Guilt is regarded as following on discovery; confession must then be made, and the animal to be offered is t

SOUL. a person. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. SIN. Hebrew. _chata._ App-44. AND HEAR. because he heard. SWEARING. adjuration. is. "he [is]". INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew. _'avail._ App-44. Put here by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the punishment due to it. App-6....