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Leviticus Chapter 4
Overview
Lev 4:1, The sin offering of ignorance; Lev 4:3, for the priest; Lev 4:13, for the congregation; Lev 4:22, for the ruler; Lev 4:27, for any of the people;
through: Lev 5:15, Lev 5:17; Num 15:22-29; Deu 19:4; Sa1 14:27; Psa 19:12; Ti1 1:13; Heb 5:2, Heb 9:7
which ought: Lev 4:27; Gen 20:9; Jam 3:10
the priest: Lev 8:12, Lev 21:10-12; Exo 29:7, Exo 29:21
a young bullock: Lev 4:14, Lev 9:2, Lev 16:6, Lev 16:11; Eze 43:19
for a sin: Lev 5:6; Exo 29:14, Exo 30:10; Num 8:8; Ezr 8:35; Rom 8:3; Co2 5:21; Heb 5:3; Heb 7:27, Heb 7:28
bring: Lev 1:3; Exo 29:10, Exo 29:11
lay his hand: Lev 1:4, Lev 16:21; Isa 53:6; Dan 9:26; Pe1 3:18
Lev 4:16, Lev 4:17, Lev 16:14, Lev 16:19; Num 19:4; Jo1 1:7
dip: Lev 4:17, Lev 4:25, Lev 4:30, Lev 4:34, Lev 8:15, Lev 9:9, Lev 16:14, Lev 16:19; Num 19:4
seven times: The number seven is what is called a number of perfection among the Hebrews; and is often used to denote the completion, fulness, or perfection of a thing. Lev 14:16, Lev 14:18, Lev 14:27, Lev 25:8, Lev 26:18, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:28; Jos 6:4, Jos 6:8
the horns: Lev 8:15, Lev 9:9, Lev 16:18; Exo 30:1-10; Psa 118:27; Heb 9:21-25
all the blood: Lev 4:18, Lev 4:34, Lev 5:9, Lev 8:15; Eph 2:13
Lev 4:19, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:31, Lev 4:35, Lev 3:3-5, Lev 3:9-11, Lev 3:14-16, Lev 7:3-5, Lev 16:25; Isa 53:10; Joh 12:27
peace offerings: Lev 23:19; Psa 32:1; Ti1 2:5, Ti1 2:6
Lev 4:21, Lev 6:30, Lev 8:14-17, Lev 9:8-11, Lev 16:27; Exo 29:14; Num 19:5; Psa 103:12; Heb 13:11-13
without the camp: Heb. to without the camp, This was intended, figuratively, to express the enormity of this sin, and the availableness of the atonement. The sacrifice, as having the sin of the priest transferred from himself to it, by his confession and imposition of hands, was become unclean and abominable, and was carried, as it were, out of God's sight; and thus its own offensiveness was removed, with the sin of the person in whose behalf it was offered. Lev 13:46; Num 5:3, Num 15:35, Num 19:3
burn him: Exo 29:14; Num 19:5; Heb 13:11
where the ashes are poured out: Heb. at the pouring out of the ashes
the whole congregation: This may refer to some oversight in acts of religious worship, or to some transgression of the letter of the law, which arose out of the peculiar circumstances in which they were found, as in the case mentioned in Sa1 14:32, et seq. The sacrifices and rites in this case were the same as in the preceding; only here the elders laid their hands on the head of the victim, in the name of all the congregation.
through ignorance: Lev 4:1, Lev 4:2, Lev 5:2-5, Lev 5:17; Num 15:24-29; Jos 7:11, Jos 7:24-26; Ti1 1:13; Heb 10:26-29
and are guilty: Lev 5:2-5, Lev 5:17, Lev 6:4; Ezr 10:19; Hos 5:15 *marg. Co1 11:27
young bullock: Lev 4:3
the elders: Exo 24:1, Exo 24:9; Num 11:16, Num 11:25; Deu 21:3-9
lay: Lev 4:4, Lev 1:4, Lev 16:21
upon the: Lev 4:7
and shall pour out: The reason for pouring out the blood, which is so constantly and strictly required by the law, was in opposition to an idolatrous custom of the ancient Zabii, who "were accustomed to eat of the blood of their sacrifices, because they imagined this to be the food of their gods, with whom they thought they had such communion, by eating their meat, that they revealed to them future things." - Maimonides
Lev 4:8-10, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:31, Lev 4:35, Lev 5:6, Lev 6:7, Lev 12:8, Lev 14:18; Num 15:25; Psa 22:14; Heb 1:3; Heb 9:14
with the: Lev 4:3
an atonement: Lev 4:26, Lev 1:4, Lev 5:6, Lev 6:7, Lev 12:8, Lev 14:18; Exo 32:30; Num 15:25; Dan 9:24; Rom 5:11; Gal 3:13; Heb 1:3, Heb 2:17, Heb 9:14, Heb 10:10-12; Jo1 1:7, Jo1 2:2; Rev 1:5
a sin offering: Lev 16:15, Lev 16:21; Ch2 29:21-24; Ezr 8:35; Mat 20:28; Co2 5:21; Ti1 2:5, Ti1 2:6
a ruler hath sinned: Under the term nasi, that is, one preferred or elevated above others, from nasa, to exalt, it is probable that any person is meant who held any kind of political dignity among the people; and it evidently means the head of a tribe as in Num 1:4, Num 1:16; Num 7:2. But the Rabbins generally understand it of the prince of the great sanhedrin, who, when they were under the regal form of government, was the king. A kid of the goats was the sacrifice in this case; and the rites were nearly the same as in the preceding, only the fat was burnt as that of the peace offering (Lev 4:26). Exo 18:21; Num 16:2; Sa2 21:1-3, Sa2 24:10-17
if his sin: Lev 4:14, Lev 5:4; Kg2 22:10-13
a kid: Lev 9:3, Lev 23:19; Num 7:16, Num 7:22, Num 7:28, Num 7:34, Num 15:24, Num 28:15, Num 28:30, Num 29:5, Num 29:11, Num 29:16, Num 29:19; Rom 8:3
And he: Lev. 4:4-35; Isa 53:6
in the place: Lev 1:5, Lev 1:11, Lev 3:2, Lev 3:8, Lev 3:13, Lev 4:4, Lev 4:15, Lev 4:29, Lev 4:33, Lev 6:25, Lev 7:2, Lev 16:15; Exo 29:38
it is a sin: Lev 4:3, Lev 4:21, Lev 4:31, Lev 4:35
put: Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18, Lev 4:30, Lev 4:34, Lev 8:10, Lev 8:15, Lev 9:9, Lev 16:18; Isa 40:21; Rom 3:24-26, Rom 8:3, Rom 8:4, Rom 10:4; Heb 2:10, Heb 9:22
the fat: Lev 4:8-10, Lev 4:35, See note on Lev 3:5. Lev 6:20-30
an atonement: Lev 4:20; Num 15:28
any one: Heb. any soul, Lev 4:2; Num 15:27
common people: Heb. people of the land , Amos haaretz; that is, any individual who was not a priest, king, or ruler among the people; an ordinary person. Any of these having transgressed, was obliged to bring a lamb or kid, the ceremonies being nearly the same as in the preceding cases. Lev 4:2, Lev 4:13; Exo 12:49; Num 5:6, Num 15:16, Num 15:29
a kid: Lev 4:23, Lev 4:32, Lev 5:6; Gen 3:15; Isa 7:14; Jer 31:22; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4, Gal 4:5
Lev 4:4, Lev 4:15, Lev 4:24, Lev 4:33; Heb 10:4-14
upon the horns: Lev 4:25, Lev 4:34; Isa 42:21; Rom 8:3, Rom 8:4, Rom 10:4; Heb 2:10
pour out: There may have been some place at the bottom of the altar to receive and carry off the blood.
all the fat: Lev 4:8-10, Lev 4:19, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:35, Lev 3:3-5, Lev 3:9-11, Lev 3:14-16
a sweet: Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17, Lev 3:3, Lev 3:5, Lev 8:21; Exo 29:18; Ezr 6:10; Job 42:8; Psa 40:6, Psa 40:7; Psa 51:16, Psa 51:17, Psa 69:30, Psa 69:31; Isa 42:21, Isa 53:10; Mat 3:17; Eph 5:2; Heb 1:3; Heb 9:12, Heb 9:14, Heb 9:15, Heb 10:12, Heb 10:14; Pe1 2:4, Pe1 2:5; Jo1 1:7, Jo1 4:9, Jo1 4:10; Rev 5:9
and the priest: Lev 4:26, Lev 4:35
a lamb: Lev 4:28, Lev 3:6, Lev 3:7, Lev 5:6; Exo 12:3, Exo 12:5; Isa 53:7; Luk 1:35; Joh 1:29, Joh 1:36; Heb 7:26; Pe1 1:18-20, Pe1 2:22, Pe1 2:24, Pe1 3:18; Rev 5:6, Rev 5:8, Rev 5:9
without blemish: Lev 4:28; Eph 5:27; Heb 9:14; Pe1 2:22, Pe1 3:18
the horns of the altar: Lev 4:25, Lev 4:30; Isa 42:21; Joh 17:19; Rom 8:1, Rom 8:3, Rom 10:4; Co2 5:21; Heb 2:10; Heb 10:29; Pe1 1:18-20, Pe1 2:24, Pe1 3:18
And he: Lev 4:31
according: Lev. 1:1-6:19
and the priest shall make: Lev 4:20, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:30, Lev 4:31, Lev 1:4, Lev 5:6, Lev 5:10, Lev 5:13, Lev 6:7, Lev 9:7, Lev 12:8, Lev 14:18, Lev 14:53, 16:1-34; Num 15:25; Rom 3:24-26, Rom 4:25, Rom 5:6-11, Rom 5:15-21, Rom 8:1, Rom 8:3, Rom 8:4, Rom 10:4; Co2 5:21; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:7, Eph 5:2; Col 1:14; Heb 1:3, Heb 4:14, Heb 7:26, Heb 9:14; Pe1 1:18, Pe1 1:19; Pe1 2:22, Pe1 2:24, Pe1 3:18; Jo1 1:7, Jo1 2:2, Jo1 4:9, Jo1 4:10; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6