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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall put [some] of the blood,.... With his finger, which he dipped into it: upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; this was the golden altar on which incense was offered: it was placed before the vail, on the outside of it, in the holy place, see Exodus 30:1 and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering,.... When the priest had killed the bullock, and sprinkled and poured the blood, as before commanded; he then cut up the bullock, and took out its inwards, and put them in a vessel, and salted them, and strowed them on the fires (z), and burnt them, and the fat of them,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:8].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:8].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the skin of the bullock,.... Not taken off; for the sin offerings that were burnt were not flayed at all, but were cut in pieces with their skins on them (a); in other burnt offerings the skin was taken off, and was a perquisite of the priest, Leviticus 7:8 but this being an offering for the priest, the skin was burnt with the rest: and all...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp,.... The Jewish writers interpret it without the three camps (b), the camp of the tabernacle, the camp of the Levites, and the camp of the Israelites; when the temple was built, such sacrifices were carried and burnt without the city of Jerusalem; there were three places for burning; one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance,.... That is, all Israel, or the greatest part of them, as Gersom interprets it, through the ignorant teaching of the judges, who by their instruction cause the people to err, and commit sins of ignorance, as Baal Hatturim on the place observes, and Maimonides elsewhere (g); wherefore...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When the sin which they have sinned against it,.... Any of the commandments of the Lord forbidding such a thing to be done: is known; is made known to them by the priest, or any other, so that they are convinced that what has been done is wrong, though done through ignorance: then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord,.... These must be two at least, some say three, and some say five (h); the more generally received notion is, that they were three of the sanhedrim (i); though the Targum of Jonathan makes them to be the twelve rulers of the twelve tribes: and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 16-21. And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood,.... That is, the chief priest, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan explain it: to the tabernacle of the congregation; as he brought the blood of his own bullock, Leviticus 4:5 from hence to the Leviticus 4:16 an account is given of the same rites to be observed in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Leviticus 4:16].
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...