Bibelkommentare

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake. — At another time belike.

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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

Shall sin through ignorance. — Or, infirmity; being suddenly surprised, preoccupated. Galatians 6:1 Hebrews 5:2 See Trapp on " Galatians 6:1 " See Trapp on " Hebrews 5:2 "

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If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

A young bullock. — The same sacrifice that should be offered for the sin of the whole people, Leviticus 4:14 to note the heinousness of the priest’s sin above others. The sins of teachers are the teachers of sins.

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And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

Shall lay his hand. — Confessing his sin, Leviticus 5:5 and professing his faith in Christ, the true sin offering. 2 Corinthians 5:21

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And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

Shall take of the bullock’s blood. — See Hebrews 5:2-3 ; Hebrews 7:26-28 . See Trapp on " Hebrews 5:2 " See Trapp on " Hebrews 5:3 " See Trapp on " Hebrews 7:26 " See Trapp on " Hebrews 7:27 " See Trapp on " Hebrews 7:28 "

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And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

Seven times before the Lord. — Because in this case there was need of much and great purgation.

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And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Upon the horns of the altar. — To signify, saith one, that the preaching of the gospel concerning the blood of Christ, should be published and proclaimed to the four corners of the earth. To show, saith another, that by faith in the blood of Christ, our prayers are acceptable unto God, and our infirmities pardoned and purged.

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And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

All the fat. — Because, among other things, it signified hard heartedness and insensibleness of sin and danger. Psalms 119:70 Dionysius the Heracleot felt not needles thrust into his fat belly, saith the history.

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