just as he does with the bull offered as a sin offering for the high priest. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the Lord, and they will be forgiven.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The rest of the regulations are exactly the same as those prescribed in the sin offering for the high priest himself in Leviticus 4:5-12.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(See Gill on Leviticus 4:16).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

If the leaders of the people, through mistake, caused them to err, an offering must be brought, so that wrath would not come upon the whole congreg…