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Leviticus 4:22

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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,...

Leviticus 4:23

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Leviticus 4:24

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; [See comments on Leviticus 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...

Leviticus 4:25

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Leviticus 4:26

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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 Leviticus 3:3 and 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...

Leviticus 4:27

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Leviticus 4:28

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Leviticus 4:29

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Leviticus 4:30

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Ver. 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 Leviticus 4:31, [See comments on Leviticus 4:25] [See comments on Leviticus 4:26].

Leviticus 4:32

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Leviticus 4:33

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

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