ND che LORD fpake unto Moſes, foy- 2 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, ſaying, * If a _ ſou! thall fin 2 through ignorance b againſt any of the ,7,.47,9 commandments of the LORD ( concerning things Which nv; b; Jane
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ap. IV LEVIT eb;ſba? +. ought not to be done ) e and ſhall do againſt any of be gone. themd: ;
:« moſt neceſſarily beunderſtood of more than common S1ns, nt FA Infirmities ; for if every ſuch Sin had required an Offe- ring.it had not been poſſible either for moſt Sinners to bear ſuch a Charge, or for the Altar to receive ſo many Sacrifices, or for the Prieſts to manage ſo infinite a work. And for ordinary Sins, they were ceremonially expiated by the daily Offering, and by that on the great day of Atonement, Zevit.. 16: 30: 6 Or, errour, either not knowing his Fat to be ſinful, as appears by comparing verſe 13, 14* or not conſidering it, but _ and unadviſedly falling into Sin through the Power of ſome ſudden Paſſion or Temptation, as the Hebrew word ſignifies, Pal. 119: 67: Compare Job 19: 4: Pſal. 19: 13: c The-words may be thus rendred, in or about every, or any of the commandments of the Lord which ſhould not be donz, or, which con- cern things thar ſhould noz be done, to wit, in any negarive coauands. And there is great reaſon why a Sacrifice ſhould be more neceilary for theſe, than for other Sins, becauſe affirmative precepts do nor fo ftrialy and conſtantly blind Men as the negarive do; and if a Man through ignorance have neglected them, he may yet recover his er-
rour, and fulfil them. d Then he fhall offer according to his qual- lity, which is here to be underſtood eut of the following verles.
3 If the prieſt that isanoinced e, do fin f according
ICUS.
her Sin-cferings, Levie. 6; 26: The reaſon is plain, becauſe the
Offerer micht not eat of his own Sin-cfering, and re Prieſt was the
Offerer in this caſe, as alſo the Sin-offering for the whole Congrega=
tion below, wcrſe21; of which the Prieſt himſelf was 2 Member. 9
Nor himſe!f,which would have defiled him,but by another whom he
ſhall appoint for that work, as may be gathered from Lew2re 16; 27,
28: r To ſignifie either, 1. The horrible and abominable nature of Sin,
eſpecially 1n high and holy perſons, or when it overſpreads a whole people. Or 2: The removing of the guilt and puniſhment of thar Sin from the people, and their dury of keeping ſuch wickea- neſs outof the Camp for time to come. Or 3+ That Chriſt ſhould ſuffer without the Camp or Gate, as he did. See Heb. 13: 12, 125 s For the Afhes, though at firſt they were thrown down nezr the Alear, Levit, 1:16; yet afterwards they, together with the filth of the Sacrifice, vvere carried into acertain place vvithout the Camp. See Lev; 6: 10, 11:
:2 1 And if the whole congregation of Iſrael z fin through ignorance, * and the thing be hid from the eyes of the allembly, and they have done ſomewhat againſt any of the commandmentsof the LORD, concerning things which (hould not be done, and are guilty :
* The body ofthe pecple, or greater part of them, their Rulers concurring vvith them.
to the ſin of the people g then let him bring for his fin * Chap.9: which he hath ſinned, * a young bullock þ without ble-
- miſh unto the LORD for a fin-offering z. e (5, e. ) The High prieſt, who only was anointed after the firſt time. See Exod. 29: 7: and 30: 30: and 40: 15: Levit. 10: 7; Numb.
3: 3: His anointing 1s mentioned, becauſe he was nor compleat High-prieft ell he was anointed. f Either In Dodrine or Prattice, which it is here ſuppoſed he may do. Andthisis noted as a blot and character of imperfe&ion in the Prieſthood of the Law, whereby the Iſraelites were dire&ed to expe another and better High-prieſt,even
the fame manner asany of the people do ; which implies that God expeted more circumſpe&ion and care from him, than from the people. Burt the words may be rendred,#o the fin or guilt of the people, which may bemenrioned as a reaſon ofthe Law, and an agravation of his Sin, that by it he commonly brings Sin, and Guilt, and Pun- zhment upon the people, who are infetted or ſcandalized by his ex- ample. þ The ſame Sacrifice which was offered for all the people, to thew how much his Sin was agravated by his quality. © ; Heb, ſm, which word is ofc taken in that ſenſe, as Exod. 29: 14: -
4 And he ſhall bring the bullock unto the deor of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD, and fhall lay his hand upon the bullocks head &, and kill the
bullock 1, before the LORD.
& To teſtifie both his acknowledgment ofhis Sin, and his Faith in God's promiſe for the expiation of his Sins through Chriſt, whom that Sacrifice typified. 1 Te wit, by one of the Priefts, whom he ſhall cauſe to do it ; for this Prieſt is diſtinguiſhed from che anointed Prief, werſe 5. ; ; b
s And the Prieſt that is anointed ſhall take of the bullocks blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the
| congregation /. } Into the Tabernacle ; which was not required nor allowed in any other Sacrifice, poſſibly to ſhew the greatneſs of the High-prieſts by - Sin,which needed more than ordinary diligence in him, and favour s from God to expiate it. : G 6 And the Prieſt ſhall dip his finger in the blood, and ſprinkle of the blood ſeven times mz before the
LORD, before the vai! o of the ſandiuary.
» A number much uſed in Scriprure, as a number of perfe&ion ; and here preſcribed, cither to ſhew that his Sins needed more than ordinary Purgation, and more frequent and manifeſt excerciſes of his Faith and Repentance, both which Graces he was obliged to z0in with that Ceremonial Rite, To wit, the ſecond Vail de- viding berween the Holy of Holies, which is generally called by the name here uſed, as Exed. 26; 31, &c. and 35; 12; and 40: 3, 21; Numb. 4: 5.
7 And the prieſt ſhall put ſoeof the blood upon the horns of the altar of ſweet incenſe before the LORD,
which #3 in the tabernacle of the congregation, and ſhallpour all the blood o of the bullock ar the bottom of
one who is holy, harmle(s, and ſeparate from ſinners, Heb. 7: 26: g In
the altar ofthe burnt-offering, which zs at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
» Which Altar; for the Altar of Burnt-offerings was without the w werſe 18, 30,34: to wit, all the reſt, as
Tabernacle. o Se alſo it is expreſled Lev. 5; 9: for part was diſpoſed elſewhere.
* crifice of peace-offerings: and the prieſt ſhall burn them