Leviticus 4:28
in Leviticus 4When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
if his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
KJV
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
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This verse in Leviticus 4
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA female - Which here was sufficient, because the sin of one of those was less than the sin of the ruler, for whom a male was required.
This site's exposition
if any one of the common people
on Leviticus 4:27-28
The chapter has come down from the high priest to any one of the common people, which the Hebrew calls the people of the land, and the provision is still open at the bottom. His animal is a female kid of the goats, the least valuable of the four the chapter names, and it buys the same word that the priest's bullock bought. Peter uses this chapter's own phrase at Acts 3:17, telling the men of Israel that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers, and Luke 23:34 has Jesus asking the Father to forgive them on that ground.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Or if his sin which he hath sinned come to his knowledge,....
This intimated the greatness of the guilt connected with the sin of a high priest. The eminency of his station, and his relation both to God and to the people, greatly aggravated his offences; see Rom. ii.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
VERY much of interesting truth clusters around the sin-offering. The type is well worthy of the most careful consideration and I regret that we shall not have time, this morning, to enter into all its details. The reader of the chapter will perceive that it gives us four forms of the same sacrifice. These may be regarded as four views of the same thing, probably views taken by four classes of Believers according to their standing in the Divine life. Although all men who are saved have the same Savior, they have not the same apprehensions of Him. We are all cleansed, if cleansed at all, by the same blood, but we have not all the same knowledge of the manner in which it is effectual for cleansing. The devout Hebrew had but one sin-offering, but that was set forth to him under varying symbols. The following remarks may aid you in understanding the type before us. The chapter begins with the sin-offering for the anointed priest, and describes it with the fullest detail. It then proceeds, in the 13th verse and onwards, to give the sin-offering for the whole congregation, and it is most notable that the sin-offering for the anointed priest is almost in every circumstance identical with the sin-offering for the whole congregation. Is not this designed to show to us that when Christ, our anointed Priest, took upon Himself the sin of all the congregation of God's chosen as His own there was demanded of Him the same expiation and atonement as would have been demanded of His people had they been reckoned with in their own persons? His Atonement for sins which were not His own, but which were laid upon Him by the Lord on our behalf, is equivalent to the penalty which would have been required of all the congregation of Believers for whom His blood was especially shed. This is a memorable lesson which ought not to be forgotten.
VERY much of interesting truth clusters around the sin-offering. The type is well worthy of the most careful consideration and I regret that we shall not have time, this morning, to enter into all its details. The reader of the chapter will perceive that it gives us four forms of the same sacrifice. These may be regarded as four views of the same thing, probably views taken by four classes of Believers according to their standing in the Divine life. Although all men who are saved have the same Savior, they have not the same apprehensions of Him.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| א֚וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| הוֹדַ֣ע | hoda' | it has been made known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵלָ֔יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חַטָּאת֖וֹ | chatato | sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָטָ֑א | chata' | he has sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| וְהֵבִ֨יא | vehevi' | and he will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ | karebano | present his | H7133 → | 82 times |
| שְׂעִירַ֤ת | seirat | a female goat of | H8166 → | |
| עִזִּים֙ | ʾizim | goats | H5795 → | 74 times |
| תְּמִימָ֣ה | temimah | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| נְקֵבָ֔ה | nekevah | a female | H5347 → | 22 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חַטָּאת֖וֹ | chatato | sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָטָֽא׃ | chata' | he has sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
א֚וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
הוֹדַ֣עit has been made known
hoda'H3045 →945 times
אֵלָ֔יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
חַטָּאת֖וֹsin his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָטָ֑אhe has sinned
chata'H2398 →238 times
וְהֵבִ֨יאand he will bring
vehevi'H935 →2568 times
קָרְבָּנ֜וֹpresent his
karebanoH7133 →82 times
שְׂעִירַ֤תa female goat of
seiratH8166 →
עִזִּים֙goats
ʾizimH5795 →74 times
תְּמִימָ֣הunblemished
temimahH8549 →91 times
נְקֵבָ֔הa female
nekevahH5347 →22 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
חַטָּאת֖וֹsin his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָטָֽא׃he has sinned
chata'H2398 →238 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- Luke 1:31
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- John 1:1–2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Matthew 1:23
Through
Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Romans 3:29–30
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1048: “The Sin-Offering for the Common People” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.