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If a soul commit a trespass against the Lord and his priests.
And sin through ignorance; for if a man did it knowingly, he was to be cut off, Num_15:30.
In the holy things of the Lord; in things consecrated to God, and to holy uses; of which see Lev_22:2; such as tithes and first-fruits, or any things due, or devoted, or offered to God, which possibly a man might either withhold, or employ to some common use. See Exo_34:26 Deu_12:17,18 15:19 Jer_2:3.
A ram was a more chargeable sacrifice than the former, as the sin of sacrilege was greater. With thy estimation; as thou shalt esteem or rate it, thou, O priest, as appears from Lev_5:16,18 6:6 22:14 27:2,3; and at present, thou, O Moses, Lev_27:3, for he as yet performed the priest’s part. And this either,
1. May be referred to the ram, which was to be of such a price and worth as the priest should appoint. Or rather,
2. Is an additional charge and punishment to him, which, besides the ram, he was to pay for the holy thing which he had withheld or abused, so many shekels of silver ms the priest should esteem proportionable to it; which was, as it were, another part or branch of his trespass-offering.
The shekel of the sanctuary; of which see Poole "Gen_23:15".