if his sin in which he has sinned is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without defect.
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if his sin in which he has sinned is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without defect.
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Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
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if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 4:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 4:14 when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.
- Romans 8:3 For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
- Leviticus 4:3 if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without defect to Yahweh for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:28 if his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has sinned.
- Leviticus 5:4 “ ‘Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good—whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him—when he knows of it, then he will be guilty of one of these.
- Leviticus 9:3 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 23:19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
- Numbers 7:16 one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:22 one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:28 one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:34 one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 15:24 then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
- Numbers 28:15 Also, one male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
- Numbers 28:30 and one male goat, to make atonement for you.
- Numbers 29:5 and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
- Numbers 29:11 one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and their drink offerings.
- Numbers 29:16 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering.
- Numbers 29:19 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, with its meal offering and their drink offerings.
- 2 Kings 22:10-13 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.” Then Shaphan read it before the king. When the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, “Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is Yahweh’s wrath that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, the male goat of the fold.
Or, the male goat of the fold.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath…
Lev 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
Ver. 23. Come to his knowledge.] As David’s did, {2Sa 24:11} who saw such volumes of infirmities, and so many erratas in all that he did, that he once cried out, "Who knoweth the errors of his life? Oh, cleanse me from secret sins." {Psa 19:12} This he knew was the import of all these Levitical cleansings.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The disjunctive or is here put for the copulative…
The disjunctive or is here put for the copulative and, as it is 1Co 12:13; 13:8; 15:11; for it is evident that he speaks of the same person, and of the same sin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he shall lay his hand upon the head…
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; See Gill on Lev 1:4.
and kill it; not the prince, but the priest after mentioned, or the butcher, as the same Targum:
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in the place where they hill the burnt offering before the Lord; in the court on the north side of the altar, see Lev 1:11,
it is a sin offering: an offering for his sin of ignorance, or "sin"; so Christ our offering is said to be, Co2 5:21.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Or if his sin - Rather, And if his…
Or if his sin - Rather, And if his sin.
Come to his knowledge - i. e. when he had become conscious of his sin.
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A kid of the goats - A shaggy he-goat, in distinction from a smooth-haired he-goat. It was the regular sin-offering at the yearly festivals Lev 16:9, Lev 16:15; Num 28:15, Num 28:22, Num 28:30, and at the consecration of the priests Lev 9:3; while the smooth-haired goat appears to have been generally offered for the other sacrifices Psa 50:9; Isa 1:11.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. a goat] lit. a shaggy one of goats,…
23. a goat] lit. a shaggy one of goats, i.e. a hairy goat, an expression used of female goats (Lev_4:28) as well as males. The phrase occurs, with the exception of Gen_37:31, exclusively in Lev. and Ezek. of the animal brought as a Sin-Offering. Whether a particular breed with long hair is meant, or whether the long hair is due to age, seems doubtful, but the rendering of A.V. ‘kid of the goats’ is misleading.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Or if his sin.—That is, if on his…
(23) Or if his sin.—That is, if on his failing to see it himself, his sin is shown to him by another person.
A kid of the goats.—The expression here used (sâêr) properly denotes the rough, shaggy-haired he goat, and is distinguished from athud (literally, ready, vigorous), which occurs in conjunction with it (Num_7:16-17; Num_7:22-23), and which is also translated goat in point of age. The sâêr, or the shaggy or longer haired he-goat, here used is the older buck of the goat, whose hair has become long with age; whilst the athud is the same animal, younger and more vigorous. Hence the former was never killed for food, or used for burnt or thank offerings at the festivals (Lev_16:9; Lev_16:15; Lev_23:19; Num_28:15; Num_28:22; Num_28:30; Num_29:5; Num_29:11; Num_29:16), and at the consecration of the priests and sanctuary (Lev_9:3; Lev_9:15; Lev_10:16), whilst the latter was killed for food (Deu_32:14; Jer_51:40), and hence, like the bull, the ram, and the lamb, was regularly presented as burnt and thank offerings (Num_7:17; Num_7:23; Num_7:29, &c.; Isa_1:11; Isa_34:6; Eze_39:18; Pss. 1. 9, 13, Ixvi. 15). It will be seen that the first difference in the sin offering of a prince is that he is to bring a longhaired he-goat, and not a bull.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:23 The male goat offered by a lay leader…
4:23 The male goat offered by a lay leader was a lesser offering than was required for the priest (a bull) but more than was required for a common person (4:28, 32). However, like all offerings used for securing atonement, the animal could have no defects (see 1:3).
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