“‘This is the law of the trespass offering: It is most holy.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Trespass. Trespasses, for which these offerings were to be made, were less offences, than those for which the sin-offerings were appointed. Challoner.—Delictum, trespass, answers to the Hebrew asham, and the Greek plemmeleia; ( Bible.) being of a more extensive signification that the Hebrew chete, sin, as it comprises even sins against knowledge. Parkhurst. See Calmet. 4:2.—No particular ceremonies are enjoined, (verse 7,) only a he-goat or a ram was to be offered; if the former, the rump, and so forth were to be given (verse 3); if the latter, the fat of the intestines and the reins were to be offered, and the blood poured out at the foot of the altar.—Victim. Septuagint “ram.”—Holy. To be eaten by priests, and in the court of the tabernacle, verse 6. Calmet.—Sins of commission, peccata, and of omission, delicta, are equally offensive to God. Saint Augustine q. 20. Worthington.