Leviticus 4:23
Ver. 23. Or if his sin wherein he hath sinned come to his knowledge,.... Or rather, "and if his sin", &c. {m} either by means of others informing him of it, or of himself calling to mind what he has done, and considering it to be a transgression of the law:
he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish; his offering was to be a "kid of the goats", a fat and a large one; because, as Baal Hatturim observes, he ate fat things every day; and to distinguish it from the offering of one of the common people; and "without blemish"; as all sacrifices were, that they might be typical of the offering of Christ without spot.
{m} wa kai Sept. "et postea", V. L. & Noldius, p. 3. No. 23. Leviticus 4:24Ver. 24. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; See Gill on "Le 1:4"and kill it; not the prince, but the priest after mentioned, or the butcher, as the same Targum:in the place where they hill the burnt offering before the Lord; in the court on the north side of the altar, see Le 1:11:it is a sin offering: an offering for his sin of ignorance, or "sin"; so Christ our offering is said to be, 2Co 5:21. Leviticus 4:25Ver. 25. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger,.... With the finger of his right hand, as the Talmudists {n} observe, and Gersom on the place; the priest first received the blood into a basin or ministering vessel, and then dipped the finger of his right hand into it, that next the thumb:and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering; the four horns of it; in this there was a difference between the sacrifice of the anointed priest and of the congregation, and this of the ruler; the blood of the former was put upon the horns of the altar of incense, this upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering:and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering; the South bottom of it; the order of the priest's proceeding in putting the blood was different from that used in putting it on the horns of the altar of incense; here he first put the blood upon the southeast horn, then upon the northeast, next upon the northwest, and then upon the southwest; and upon the bottom of that horn where he finished, he poured the remainder of the blood, which was the southern bottom {o}.{n} T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 24. 1. {o} Maimon. Hilchot Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 5. sect. 10. Leviticus 4:26Ver. 26. And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, &e.] Of burnt offering, that is, the priest shall do it:as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; see Le 3:3and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin; in a typical way, directing to the great sacrifice of Christ, which is the only real atonement and propitiation for sin: the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render, "the priest shall pray for him": for the pardon of his sin:and it shall be forgiven him; not for the prayers of the priest, nor for the sacrifice offered up, but for the sake of Christ, the antitype of such sacrifices, and when faith was exercised on him; or the meaning is, he shall not be punished for it. Leviticus 4:27Ver. 27. And if anyone of the common people sin through ignorance,.... Or, "if one soul of the people of the earth": that is, a single person, and so is distinguished from the congregation, one of the common sort of people; however is neither an high priest, nor a prince, or king, but either a common priest, or Levite, or Israelite; no man is free from sin; all sorts of persons, of all ranks and degrees, high and low, rich and poor, men in office, civil or ecclesiastical, or in whatsoever state of life, are liable to sin, and do sin continually, either ignorantly or willingly; and Christ is a sacrifice for all sins and for all sorts of sinners:whilst he doeth somewhat; &c. See Gill on "Le 4:2" see Gill on "Le 4:13" see Gill on "Le 4:22". Leviticus 4:28Ver. 28. Or if his sin which he hath sinned come to his knowledge,.... So that he is convinced that he has sinned:then he shall bring his offering; to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest there:a kid of the goats: a young goat:a female without blemish; and so inferior to the offering of the ruler or prince; for the characters of men are aggravations of their sins, and sacrifices were to be in some measure answerable to them, and suitable to their circumstances:for the sin which he hath sinned; to atone for it in a typical way. Leviticus 4:29Ver. 29. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; not the priest that shall offer it, but the man that has sinned, that brings it, thereby confessing his sin, and transferring it to the sacrifice:and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering; that is, on the north side of the altar. Leviticus 4:30Ver. 30-31. And the priest shall take of the blood,.... So that all the preceding actions, the bringing the offering, the putting the hand upon the head of it, and slaying it, were done by the man that sinned; of this and what follows here and in the next verse Le 4:31,See Gill on "Le 4:25" see Gill on "Le 4:26". Leviticus 4:31Ver. 31. See Gill on "Le 4:30". Leviticus 4:32Ver. 32. And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering,.... As he might if he would; the Jews observe, that in all places a lamb is put before a goat, as being more excellent in its kind; but here it is mentioned after, which shows, they say, that they are equally alike {p}:he shall bring it a female without blemish; typical of Christ the Lamb of God, without spot and without blemish, 1Pe 1:19.{p} T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 57. 2. & Ceritot, fol. 28. 2. Leviticus 4:33Ver. 33. He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering,.... On the head of the lamb, as on the head of the goat, even his right hand, as the above Targum, as before:and slay it for a sin offering, in the place where they kill the burnt offering: for if it was not slain for a sin offering, but for something else, or on any other account, as for a burnt offering, it was not right {q}.{q} T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 7. 1. & Menachot, fol. 4. 1. Leviticus 4:34Ver. 34-35. And the priest shall take of the blood,....See Gill on "Le 4:25" See Gill on "Le 4:26". Leviticus 4:35Ver. 35. See Gill on "Le 4:34".
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