Through the Bible Day by Day - Leviticus 4:22 - 4:22

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Through the Bible Day by Day - Leviticus 4:22 - 4:22


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Sin-Offerings for Rulers and People

Lev 4:22-35

The character of the sin for which the sin-offering was presented is expressed by the words, repeated again and again, “through ignorance,” or “unwittingly,” or “through error.” It is the word used of the unintentional man-slayer, who, without premeditation, might kill another. See Num 35:1-34. God’s Word distinguishes deliberate, willful sin from that of which it may be said, “they know not what they do;” or, “I wot that through ignorance ye did it.” See Luk 23:34; Act 3:17. While the blood of the offering for the priest and the congregation was brought into the holy place and sprinkled seven times before the Lord, the blood of the offerings for the ruler or the individual was sprinkled only on the horns of the altar. The hue of the sin was not so dark in the latter case as where there was greater knowledge of God’s will. In Luk 12:47-48, our Lord makes a similar distinction.