T 2ueft, How comes confeſſion and a ſacrifice to be neceſſary for him thar rouched an unclean thing,when 'vch perſons were cleanſed w:th fimpl: waſhing, as appezrs trom Levit: 11: and Numb. 19 ? nſw; This place ſpeaks of him tar being ſo unclean did comeinto the Tob-rnacle, as may be gathered by comparing this place with Numb: 19: 13. which if any man did,knowing himſelf to be unclean which was the caſe there, he wastobe cur off for it; and if he did ir 1gnorantly, which is the caſe here, verſe 2. he was vpon diſcovery of 1t'o offer this Sacrifice. Inrerprerers diſpute much whar the dif- "e:ence 1+ between ſins and treſpaſſes, and berween ſon-offerings and treſ< paſ+- offerings, Some make the one for omiſſions, rhe ocher fo: come .n-\ſ1»1s; theone for greater, the ether for leſſer fins; the one for known fins, the other for ſins of ignorance;in all which there ſeems to be more curiofiry than folidiry: Either they ſeem to be the Tame, is may be gathered from werſe 6. where thoſe two words, aſham and cha:a, which they fo caref.Uully and critically diſtinguiſh, are both uted concerning the Treſpaſs-offering, and from wer 9: or the dif- ference may be this, that ſ-offerings were more indefinite or g-neral, being for any particular ſin; and rreſpaſs-oferings more reſtrained and particular for fuch ſins as were mor? ſcandalous and injurious ei- ther to God by bl:ipkemy, as verſe 1; or ro his Sanftuary, by ap- proaching to if in one's uncleanneſs, verſe 2, 3. as hath bezn now ia'd ; orto one's Neighbour, by ſwearing to do to them either the good which weafterwards canner or do n>t, or the evil which vve
ſhou'd nor ; or to the Prieſts and holy things of God, werſe 15. £ Be- cauſe thoſe fins were leſs than orhers, as being commirted 1grorants ly or u;wirtingly, and therefore God would accept a meaner Sacri- fice for them.
7 And * if the be not t ab'eto bring a lamb, then * Chap; - he (hal biing for his treſpaſs wi-ich he hath commited, 14:21- < ewo turtie doves, or two young pigeons « unto te fr 1 Fo
R a LORD; one fora ſin-offeringx, and the other for a mr reach burnt- offering.
to che ſuffi- s Through poverty, as ver, 11. and 25, 26, And this exception c/ency of 8
was allow. d allo in other Sin-offerings. « Of which ſee Lev 1: 14 lamb.
x Wanich was for that. particular ſin, and therefore is offered firſt be=
fore the Burnt-off-ring, which was for fins in general ; to teach us
not to reſt in general confeſſions and repentancesfor ſin,as Hypocrites
commonly do,bur diſtindaly and particularly,as far as we can,ts ſearch
out,and coafels,and loith,and leave our particular fins, without which
God will not accept our other religicus Services. Note that the
Burnt- offering was for the expiation of ſin,as well as the Sin-offeri
Lev. 1: 4: only that was for {inin genera],and this for particular ſing
28 And he hal bring them unto the prieſt,who ſhal of-
fer 1har which is fer the ſjn-offering firſt,8& * wring off his *Chap; 1. head from tis neck; but ſhal not divide iz aſunder. 15, 9And he {ha ſprinkle of the blood of the lin-offering up- on the fide of the airar, and the reſt of the blood lhall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar:it js a ſin-otfering y.
y This is added as the reaſon why its blood was fo ſprinkled and ſpilt. See Lev: 4; 7, 18, 30, 34.
+ Or, &- ainance,
* Caap: 1. MAKE 14.
10 And ke ſhal offer the ſecond for a burnt-offeriag, according to the F * manner z ; and che Priclt ibail _—
Chap. VI. SV make an atonement for him «for his fin which he had |
finned, and it ſhall be forgiven him. :
x Or order appointed by God. &# Either declaratively, he ſhall pronounce him to be pardoned ; or typically, with reſpe& to Chriſt. :
18 © But if he be not able to bring two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, then he that ſinned jhail bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah b of tine flour for a fin offering : he ſhall put no oil upon it, neither ſhall he put any frankincenſe thereon c: for it is a fin- oftering. |
b About a pottle of our meaſure. See Exod: 16; 36, cEirher to diſtinguiſh theſe from the Meat-offzrings, Lev: 2: 1: or as a it ex- preſſion of their true ſorrow for their ſins, in the ſenſe whereof thzy were to abſtain from things pleaſant. and delightful. Sce Numb: 5:15, or to fignify that by his fins he deſerved to be utrerly deprived both of the oil of gladneſs, the gifts, graces and comforts of the Holy Ghoſt;and of God's gracious acceprance of his Prayers and Sacrifices, which is ſignified by Incenſe, Pſal: 141: 2. or to teach them hovv evil a thing ſin was, how hateful ro God, and how uncomfortable
' to themſelves.
iz Then (ball he bring it to the Prieſt,and the prieſt * Chap:2. ſhal take his handful of it, * eve a memorial thereot,&
*Ch burnit on the altar, * according to the offerings made 6: wg by fire unto the LORD : it 5s a lin-offering.
13 And the Prieft hal make an atonement for him as touching his ſin that he hath ſinned in one of cheſe and it ſbal be forgiven him ; and the rewnan! (hal be the
Prieſts, as a meat-offering d. |
d Asit was in the Meat-offering, where all, except one handful, 'fell to the ſhare of the Prieſts. See Lev; 2: 3: and 7: 9, And this is the rather mentioned here,becauſe in rhe foregoing Sacrthices, Lev. 4:3, &c. 13, &c. the Prieſt had no part reſerved for him.
14 4 And the LORD ſpake unco Moſes, ſaying,
15 If a ſoul commit a treſpaſs e, and lin ta-ough ig- norance fin the holy things of theLORD g,then he ſha] bring for his treſpaſs unto the LORD, a ram þ without blemilh out of the flocks: with thy eſtimarion 3 by ſhe-
*Exod:30: kels of ſilver, after the * ſhekel of the ſanctuary * fort a
T3: treſpaſs- offering, : x ne # Heb. 4 - e Againſt the Lord and his Prieſts. f For if a man did it know- preſpaſs: ingly, he was to be cut off, Numb; 15: 30. gln things conſecrzted