Leviticus 4:22

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Si peccaverit princeps, et fecerit unum e pluribus per ignorantiam, quod Domini lege prohibetur:

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Dicesque ad eum : H�c dicit Dominus : Filius meus primogenitus Isra�l.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Si peccaverit princeps et fecerit unum ex omnibus per ignorantiam, quod Domini Dei sui lege prohibetur, deliqueritque,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 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 - Leviticus 4:26. Exodus 18:21, Numbers 16:2, 2 Samuel 21:1-3, 2 Samuel 24:10-17

and done: Leviticus 4:2, Leviticus 4:13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:17 - a soul sin Numbers 15:22 - General Numbers 18:9 - every sin Ezra 6:17 - a sin offering James 2:11 - Now

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When a ruler hath sinned,.... Or "prince", the "nasi", one that is lifted up above others in honour, power, and authority, or that bears the weight of government: the word comes from one which signifies to lift up, or to bear; it may be understood of a governor of a family, or of a tribe, as Aben Ezra observes; and so in the Talmud k it is said, it means the prince of a tribe, such as Nachson the son of Amminadab, prince of the tribe of Judah. Maimonides l says a king is designed, over whom none has power; and so Gersom on the place, who observes, that David the king is called a prince, Ezekiel 34:24

and done [somewhat] through ignorance [against] any of the commandments of the Lord his God; the phrase, "his God", is here added, and is not used neither of the anointed priest, nor of the congregation, nor of one of the common people; only of the prince, to show, that though he is above others, God is above him, and he is accountable to him; he is his God, of whom he is, and by whom he rules; wherefore if he breaks any of his commandments, though ignorantly, he must bring a sacrifice for it:

[concerning things] which should not be done, and is guilty; of transgressing negative precepts, which are as binding on him as others.

k T. Bab. Horayot, fol. 11. 1. l Hilchot Shegagot, c. 15. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruler - Either the head of a tribe Numbers 1:4-16, or the head of a division of a tribe (Numbers 34:18; compare Joshua 22:30).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 4:22. When a ruler hath sinned — Under the term נשיא nasi, it is probable that any person is meant who held any kind of political dignity among the people, though the rabbins generally understand it of the king.

A kid of the goats was the sacrifice in this case, the rites nearly the same as in the preceding cases, only the fat was burnt as that of the peace-offering. See Leviticus 4:26, and Leviticus 3:5.