Leviticus 4:23

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Contextual Overview

²²When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt. ²³When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.²⁴He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering. ²⁵Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ²⁶He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man's sin, and he will be forgiven.

Bible Verse Review
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if his sin: Leviticus 4:14, Leviticus 5:4, 2 Kings 22:10-13

a kid: Leviticus 9:3, Leviticus 23:19, Numbers 7:16, Numbers 7:22, Numbers 7:28, Numbers 7:34, Numbers 15:24, Numbers 28:15, Numbers 28:30, Numbers 29:5, Numbers 29:11, Numbers 29:16, Numbers 29:19, Romans 8:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:3 - a male Leviticus 1:10 - a male Leviticus 4:28 - a kid Ezra 6:17 - a sin offering

Cross-References

Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.

Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Numbers 23:18
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

Judges 9:7
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: "Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Or if his sin wherein he hath sinned come to his knowledge,.... Or rather, "and if his sin", c. m either by means of others informing him of it, or of himself calling to mind what he has done, and considering it to be a transgression of the law:

he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish his offering was to be a "kid of the goats", a fat and a large one; because, as Baal Hatturim observes, he ate fat things every day; and to distinguish it from the offering of one of the common people; and "without blemish"; as all sacrifices were, that they might be typical of the offering of Christ without spot.

m או και Sept. "et postea", V. L. & Noldius, p. 3. No. 23.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or if his sin - Rather, And if his sin.

Come to his knowledge - i. e. when he had become conscious of his sin.

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 Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:15; Numbers 28:15, Numbers 28:22, Numbers 28:30, and at the consecration of the priests Leviticus 9:3; while the smooth-haired goat appears to have been generally offered for the other sacrifices Psalms 50:9; Isaiah 1:11.