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Selected Verse: Leviticus 4:27 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
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Le 4:27 |
Strong Concordance |
And if any [0259] one [05315] of the common [0776] people [05971] sin [02398] through ignorance [07684], while he doeth [06213] somewhat against any [0259] of the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] concerning things which ought not to be done [06213], and be guilty [0816]; |
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King James |
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
if any one of the common people sin through ignorance--In this case the expiatory offering appointed was a female kid, or a ewe-lamb without blemish; and the ceremonies were exactly the same as those observed in the case of the offending ruler [Lev 4:22-26]. In these two latter instances, the blood of the sin offering was applied to the altar of burnt offering--the place where bloody sacrifices were appointed to be immolated. But the transgression of a high priest, or of the whole congregation, entailing a general taint on the ritual of the tabernacle, and vitiating its services, required a further expiation; and therefore, in these cases, the blood of the sin offering was applied to the altar of incense [Lev 4:6, Lev 4:17]. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The common people - literally, as in the margin, "the people of the land." Compare Lev 20:2, Lev 20:4; Kg2 11:18. It was the ordinary designation of the people, as distinguished from the priests and the rulers. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
In the case of the sin of a common Israelite ("of the people of the land," i.e., of the rural population, Gen 23:7), that is to say, of an Israelite belonging to the people, as distinguished from the chiefs who ruled over the people (Kg2 11:18-19; Kg2 16:15), the sin-offering was to consist of a shaggy she-goat without blemish, or a ewe-sheep (Lev 4:32). The ceremonial in both cases was the same as with the he-goat (Lev 4:23.). - "According to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord" (Lev 4:35): see at Lev 3:5. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The common people - עם הארץ am haarets, the people of the land, that is, any individual who was not a priest, king, or ruler among the people; any of the poor or ordinary sort. Any of these, having transgressed through ignorance, was obliged to bring a lamb or a kid, the ceremonies being nearly the same as in the preceding cases. The original may denote the very lowest of the people, the laboring or agricultural classes.
The law relative to the general cases of sins committed through ignorance, and the sacrifices to be offered on such occasions, so amply detailed in this chapter, may be thus recapitulated. For all sins and transgressions of this kind committed by the people, the prince, and the priest, they must offer expiatory offerings. The person so sinning must bring the sacrifice to the door of the tabernacle, and lay his hands upon its head, as in a case already referred to, acknowledging the sacrifice to be his, that he needed it for his transgression; and thus he was considered as confessing his sin, and the sin was considered as transferred to the animal, whose blood was then spilt to make an atonement. See Clarke on Lev 1:4 (note). Such institutions as these could not be considered as terminating in themselves, they necessarily had reference to something of infinitely higher moment; in a word, they typified Him whose soul was made an offering for sin, Isa 53:10. And taken out of this reference they seem both absurd and irrational. It is obviously in reference to these innocent creatures being brought as sin-offerings to God for the guilty that St. Paul alludes Co2 5:21, where he says, He (God) made him to be sin (ἁμαρτιαν, a sin-offering) for us Who Knew No Sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God - holy and pure by the power and grace of God, in or through him. And it is worthy of remark, that the Greek word used by the apostle is the same by which the Septuagint, in more than fourscore places in the Pentateuch, translate the Hebrew word הטאה hattaah, sin, which in all those places our translation renders sin-offering. Even sins of ignorance cannot be unnoticed by a strict and holy law; these also need the great atonement: on which account we should often pray with David, Cleanse thou me from secret faults! Psa 19:12. How little attention is paid to this solemn subject! Sins of this kind - sins committed sometimes ignorantly, and more frequently heedlessly, are permitted to accumulate in their number, and consequently in their guilt; and from this very circumstance we may often account for those painful desertions, as they are called, under which many comparatively good people labor. They have committed sins of ignorance or heedlessness, and have not offered the sacrifice which can alone avail in their behalf. How necessary in ten thousand cases is the following excellent prayer! "That it may please thee to give us true repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy Holy Word." - Litany. |
17 And the priest [03548] shall dip [02881] his finger [0676] in some of the blood [01818], and sprinkle [05137] it seven [07651] times [06471] before [06440] the LORD [03068], even before [06440] the vail [06532].
6 And the priest [03548] shall dip [02881] his finger [0676] in the blood [01818], and sprinkle [05137] of the blood [01818] seven [07651] times [06471] before [06440] the LORD [03068], before [06440] the vail [06532] of the sanctuary [06944].
22 When a ruler [05387] hath sinned [02398], and done [06213] somewhat through ignorance [07684] against any [0259] of the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430] concerning things which should not be done [06213], and is guilty [0816];
23 Or if his sin [02403], wherein he hath sinned [02398], come to his knowledge [03045]; he shall bring [0935] his offering [07133], a kid [08163] of the goats [05795], a male [02145] without blemish [08549]:
24 And he shall lay [05564] his hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of the goat [08163], and kill [07819] it in the place [04725] where they kill [07819] the burnt offering [05930] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: it is a sin offering [02403].
25 And the priest [03548] shall take [03947] of the blood [01818] of the sin offering [02403] with his finger [0676], and put [05414] it upon the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930], and shall pour out [08210] his blood [01818] at the bottom [03247] of the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930].
26 And he shall burn [06999] all his fat [02459] upon the altar [04196], as the fat [02459] of the sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002]: and the priest [03548] shall make an atonement [03722] for him as concerning his sin [02403], and it shall be forgiven [05545] him.
18 And all the people [05971] of the land [0776] went [0935] into the house [01004] of Baal [01168], and brake it down [05422]; his altars [04196] and his images [06754] brake they in pieces [07665] thoroughly [03190], and slew [02026] Mattan [04977] the priest [03548] of Baal [01168] before [06440] the altars [04196]. And the priest [03548] appointed [07760] officers [06485] [06486] over the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
4 And if the people [05971] of the land [0776] do any ways [05956] hide [05956] their eyes [05869] from the man [0376], when he giveth [05414] of his seed [02233] unto Molech [04432], and kill [04191] him not [01115]:
2 Again, thou shalt say [0559] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Whosoever [0376] he be of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], or of the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] in Israel [03478], that giveth [05414] any of his seed [02233] unto Molech [04432]; he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191]: the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall stone [07275] him with stones [068].
5 And Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] shall burn [06999] it on the altar [04196] upon the burnt sacrifice [05930], which is upon the wood [06086] that is on the fire [0784]: it is an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
35 And he shall take away [05493] all the fat [02459] thereof, as the fat [02459] of the lamb [03775] is taken away [05493] from the sacrifice [02077] of the peace offerings [08002]; and the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] them upon the altar [04196], according to the offerings made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: and the priest [03548] shall make an atonement [03722] for his sin [02403] that he hath committed [02398], and it shall be forgiven [05545] him.
23 Or if his sin [02403], wherein he hath sinned [02398], come to his knowledge [03045]; he shall bring [0935] his offering [07133], a kid [08163] of the goats [05795], a male [02145] without blemish [08549]:
32 And if he bring [0935] a lamb [03532] for a sin [02403] offering [07133], he shall bring [0935] it a female [05347] without blemish [08549].
15 And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] commanded [06680] Urijah [0223] the priest [03548], saying [0559], Upon the great [01419] altar [04196] burn [06999] the morning [01242] burnt offering [05930], and the evening [06153] meat offering [04503], and the king's [04428] burnt sacrifice [05930], and his meat offering [04503], with the burnt offering [05930] of all the people [05971] of the land [0776], and their meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262]; and sprinkle [02236] upon it all the blood [01818] of the burnt offering [05930], and all the blood [01818] of the sacrifice [02077]: and the brasen [05178] altar [04196] shall be for me to enquire [01239] by.
18 And all the people [05971] of the land [0776] went [0935] into the house [01004] of Baal [01168], and brake it down [05422]; his altars [04196] and his images [06754] brake they in pieces [07665] thoroughly [03190], and slew [02026] Mattan [04977] the priest [03548] of Baal [01168] before [06440] the altars [04196]. And the priest [03548] appointed [07760] officers [06485] [06486] over the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
19 And he took [03947] the rulers [08269] over hundreds [03967], and the captains [03746], and the guard [07323], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776]; and they brought down [03381] the king [04428] from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and came [0935] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] of the guard [07323] to the king's [04428] house [01004]. And he sat [03427] on the throne [03678] of the kings [04428].
7 And Abraham [085] stood up [06965], and bowed [07812] himself to the people [05971] of the land [0776], even to the children [01121] of Heth [02845].
12 Who can understand [0995] his errors [07691]? cleanse [05352] thou me from secret [05641] faults.
21 For [1063] he hath made [4160] him to be sin [266] for [5228] us [2257], who [3588] knew [1097] no [3361] sin [266]; that [2443] we [2249] might be made [1096] the righteousness [1343] of God [2316] in [1722] him [846].
10 Yet it pleased [02654] the LORD [03068] to bruise [01792] him; he hath put him to grief [02470]: when thou shalt make [07760] his soul [05315] an offering for sin [0817], he shall see [07200] his seed [02233], he shall prolong [0748] his days [03117], and the pleasure [02656] of the LORD [03068] shall prosper [06743] in his hand [03027].
4 And he shall put [05564] his hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of the burnt offering [05930]; and it shall be accepted [07521] for him to make atonement [03722] for him.