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Matthew Henry on Leviticus 3:6-17
Directions are here given concerning the peace-offering, if it was a sheep or a goat. Turtle-doves or young pigeons, which might be brought for whole burnt offerings, were not allowed for peace-offerings, because they h…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:1-12
Burnt-offerings, meat-offerings, and peace-offerings, had been offered before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai; and in these the patriarchs had respect to sin, to make atonement for it. But the Jews were now put i…
Law of the Sin-Offering. (b. c. 1490.)
LAW OF THE SIN-OFFERING. (B. C. 1490.) The laws contained in the first three chapters seem to have been delivered to Moses at one time. Here begin the statutes of another session, another day. From the throne of glory b…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:1-35
The sin offering signifies and ceremonially effects propitiation and expiation. Its characteristic feature, therefore, is the presentation of the blood of the victim, which in this sacrifice alone (when it was offered f…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:1-35
EXPOSITION THE SIN OFFERING (Leviticus 4:1-35, Leviticus 5:1-13). At the time of the Mosaic legislation, burnt offerings and meat offerings were already in existence, and had existed from the time of the Fall. A beginni…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:1-35
Atonement for the penitent, as illustrated in the sin offering. Le Leviticus 5:1-13; cf. Psalms 19:12; Galatians 6:1; 1 Timothy 1:13, etc. The offerings already considered, viz. the burnt offering, the meat offering, an…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:1-3
The sin offering for the priest. The revelations contained in the preceding chapters, and commencing with the words, "And the Lord called unto Moses," etc; appear to have been given at one diet, and now we are introduce…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:1-12
The sin offering viewed as typical of the Sacrifice of Calvary. This subject wilt be best considered by citing sonic of the more notable references to it contained in the Scriptures of the New Testament. I. IT IS ENVINC…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:2
If a soul shall sin. The conditions to be fulfilled in presenting a sin offering differed according to the position held by the offerer in the state. If it were the high priest, he had (1) to offer a young bull in the c…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:2
The mind of God respecting the sin of man. "If a soul shall sin." This chapter which treats of this sin offering, and more especially these words of the second verse, may remind us— I. THAT ALL MEN HAVE SINNED, AND ARE…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:3-12
The case of the high priest. He is designated the priest that is anointed, in respect to which title, see notes on Leviticus 8:1-36. In case he sins in his representative character, his sin is such as to bring guilt on…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:3-12
The high priest's burnt offering. The difference between the high priest's offering and that for the whole congregation on the one hand, and the offering for an offending ruler or any of the common people on the other,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:3
Let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned. The atonement for involuntary transgression. The Book of Leviticus well repays careful perusal in days when there are many attempts made to lessen men's sense of the enor…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:3-12
Rites essential to an atonement. Who could stand in the tabernacle court without having imprinted on his mind the view God takes of the guilt of sin, and the necessity for the sinner's deliverance from its results? The…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:13-21
If the leaders of the people, through mistake, caused them to err, an offering must be brought, that wrath might not come upon the whole congregation. When sacrifices were offered, the persons, on whose behalf they were…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:13-21
This is the law for expiating the guilt of a national sin, by a sin offering. If the leaders of the people, through mistake concerning the law, caused them to err, when the mistake was discovered an offering must be bro…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:13-21
The whole congregation sinners through ignorance. The sacrifice is very similar to the high priest's. The ruling thought in both cases is that of sin attaching to those who represent the covenant of God. The people, whe…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:13-21
The case of the whole congregation. A nation may become guilty of national sin in different ways, according to its political constitution: most directly, by the action of a popular Legislature passing a decree such as t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:13-21
Sin offering for the congregation. The congregation of Israel sustained a twofold character, viz. a political and an ecclesiastical; for it was at once a Nation and a Church. Here we have— I. THE SIN OF A NATION. Leviti…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:22-26
Those who have power to call others to account, are themselves accountable to the Ruler of rulers. The sin of the ruler, committed through ignorance, must come to his knowledge, either by the check of his own conscience…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:22-26
Observe here, 1. That God takes notice of and is displeased with the sins of rulers. Those who have power to call others to account are themselves accountable to the ruler of rulers; for, as high as they are, there is a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:22-26
The case of a ruler or nobleman. The clause, Or if his sin … come to his knowledge, should be rather translated, If perhaps his sin come to his knowledge. He is to offer a kid of the goats, or rather a he-goat. The bloo…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:22-35
The sin offering of the rider and of any of the people. As in the preceding paragraph we have lessons from the relation of sin offering to communities, here we are reminded— I. THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO GOD. W…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 4:22-26
A ruler can sin through ignorance, and requires atonement. I. OFFICIAL POSITION IS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. Whether the office be inherited or appointed, the ruler is in a special relation to God and to the people. He must…