(KJV) Leviticus 61

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Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering[ Leviticus 5:14–19 Leviticus 7:1–10 ]

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] If a soul sin, and commit2 a trespass against the Lord, and lie3 unto his neighbour in that4 which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship5, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived6 his neighbour; [3] Or have found7 that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth8 falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: [4] Then it shall be, because9 he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he10 took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, [5] Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore11 it in the principal12, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, [and] give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering13. [6] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram14 without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: [7] And the priest shall make15 an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be16 forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

The Burnt Offering[ Leviticus 1:1–17 ]

[8] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,17 [9] Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the burnt18 offering: It [is] the burnt offering, because of the burning19 upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. [10] And the priest shall put on his linen garment20, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed21 with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside22 the altar. [11] And he shall put off23 his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without24 the camp unto a clean place. [12] And the fire25 upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood26 on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. [13] The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

The Grain Offering[ Leviticus 2:1–16 ]

[14] And this [is] the law of the meat offering27: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. [15] And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which [is] upon the meat offering, and shall burn [it] upon the altar [for] a sweet savour, [even] the memorial28 of it, unto the Lord. [16] And the remainder29 thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened30 bread shall it31 be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. [17] It shall not be baken32 with leaven. I have33 given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy34, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. [18] All the males35 among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. [It shall36 be] a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one37 that toucheth them shall be holy.

[19] [¶]And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [20] This [is] the offering38 of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day39 when he is anointed; the tenth40 part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering41 perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. [21] In a pan it shall be made with oil; [and when it is] baken, thou shalt bring it in: [and] the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer [for] a sweet savour unto the Lord.42 [22] And the priest of his sons that is anointed43 in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute for ever unto the Lord; it shall be wholly44 burnt. [23] For every meat offering for the priest shall be45 wholly burnt: it shall not be46 eaten.

The Sin Offering[ Leviticus 4:1–35 Leviticus 5:1–13 ]

[24] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [25] Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This [is] the law47 of the sin offering: In the48 place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it [is49] most holy. [26] The priest50 that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy51 place shall it be eaten, in the court52 of the tabernacle of the congregation. [27] Whatsoever shall touch53 the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash54 that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. [28] But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.55 [29] All the males56 among the priests shall eat thereof: it [is57] most holy. [30] And no sin offering, whereof [any] of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile [withal] in the holy [place], shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. 58

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  1. Lev 6:1, The trespass offering for sins done wittingly; Lev 6:8, The law of the burnt offering; Lev 6:14, and of the meat offering; Lev 6:19, The offering at the consecration of a priest; Lev 6:24, The law of the sin offering. 

  2. Lev 5:15, Lev 5:19; Num 5:6-8; Ps 51:4 

  3. Lev 19:11; Gen 26:7; John 8:44; Acts 5:4; Eph 4:25; Col 3:9; Rev 22:15 

  4. Exod 22:7-10 

  5. or, in dealing, Heb. in putting of the hand, Isa 21:2, Isa 24:16, Isa 33:1; Hab 1:13 

  6. Prov 24:28, Prov 26:19; Isa 59:13-15; Jer 9:5; Amos 8:5; Mic 6:10-12 

  7. Exod 23:4; Deut 22:1-3 

  8. Lev 19:12; Exod 22:9-11; Prov 30:9; Jer 5:2, Jer 7:9; Zech 5:4; Mal 3:5 

  9. Lev 4:13-15, Lev 5:3-4 

  10. Gen 21:25; Job 20:19, Job 24:2; Isa 59:6; Ezek 18:7, Ezek 18:12, Ezek 18:18; Amos 3:10; Mic 2:2; Zeph 1:9 

  11. Lev 5:16; Exod 22:1, Exod 22:4, Exod 22:7, Exod 22:9; Num 5:7-8; 1Sam 12:3; 2Sam 12:6; Prov 6:30-31; Isa 58:6, Isa 58:9; Luke 19:8 

  12. The property itself, if still remaining, or its full value, to which a fifth part more was to be added, to compensate the owner for the loss he had sustained by being deprived of the use of his goods. He must also bring a trespass offering to the Lord; which was intended to shew that disobedience to God is the great evil, even of those crimes which are injurious to man, and that repentance, and even restitution, though needful in order to (obtain) forgiveness, cannot atone for sin. 

  13. or, of his being found guilty, Heb. of trespass. Matt 5:23-24 

  14. Lev 5:15, Lev 5:18; Isa 53:10-11 

  15. Lev 4:20, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:31, Lev 5:10, Lev 5:13, Lev 5:15-16, Lev 5:18; Exod 34:7; Ezek 18:21-23, Ezek 18:26-27; Ezek 33:14-16, Ezek 33:19; Mic 7:18; 1John 1:7, 1John 1:9, 1John 2:1-2 

  16. Isa 1:18; Matt 12:31; 1Cor 6:9-11 

  17. At this verse the Jews begin the twenty-fifth section of the law, and also, in the best Hebrew Bibles, the sixth chapter, which undoubtedly ought to begin here, as the inspired writer enters upon a new subject; the former part of the book being intended for the instruction of the people relative to the several sacrifices to be brought; but this for the instruction of the priests respecting some particulars of their official services. 

  18. Lev 1:1-17; Exod 29:38-42; Num 28:3 

  19. or, for the burning, Lev 6:12-13 

  20. Lev 16:4; Exod 28:39-43, Exod 39:27-29; Ezek 44:17-18; Rev 7:13, Rev 19:8, Rev 19:14 

  21. Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17; Num 16:21, Num 16:35; Ps 20:3 *marg. Ps 37:20 

  22. Lev 1:16 

  23. Lev 16:23-24; Ezek 44:19 

  24. Lev 4:12, Lev 4:21, Lev 14:40-41, Lev 16:27; Heb 13:11-13 

  25. Lev 9:24; Num 4:13-14; Mark 9:48-49; Heb 10:27 

  26. Lev 1:7-9, Lev 3:3-5, Lev 3:9-11, Lev 3:14-16; Exod 29:38-42; Neh 13:31; The efficacy of the priesthood and mediation of Christ is perpetual, and we can never approach to God in his name, by day or night, unseasonably. The ministers of Christ should have the fire of their zeal constantly burning. 

  27. Lev 2:1-2; Num 15:4, Num 15:6, Num 15:9; John 6:32 

  28. Lev 2:2, Lev 2:9 

  29. Lev 2:3, Lev 2:10, Lev 5:13; Ezek 44:29; 1Cor 9:13-15 

  30. Exod 12:8; 1Cor 5:8 

  31. Lev 6:26, Lev 10:12-13; Num 18:9-10 

  32. Lev 2:11; 1Pet 2:22 

  33. Num 18:9-10 

  34. Lev 6:25, Lev 2:3, Lev 7:1, Lev 7:6; Exod 29:33-34, Exod 29:37 

  35. Lev 6:29, Lev 21:21-22; Num 18:10 

  36. Lev 3:17 

  37. Kol asher yiggâ bahem yikdash, "all (whether person or thing) that toucheth them shall be (or must be) holy;" that is, the priests must not eat of these oblations when under any ceremonial defilement, and the sacred utensils used about them must not be employed for any other purpose, or in any other way. Lev 22:3-7; Exod 29:37; Hag 2:12-14; Zech 14:20-21; 1Pet 1:16, 1Pet 2:9 

  38. This oblation, which the Jews call a mincha of initiation, seems to have been required of the high priest alone "on the day in which he was anointed," and from that time, every morning and evening, as long as he continued in office, and then in like manner of his successor; for, by "the sons of Aaron," may be understood his descendants and successors in the high priesthood, in their generations. Exod 29:2; Num 18:26-32; Heb 5:1, Heb 7:27, Heb 8:3-4 

  39. The word beyom signifies not only in the day, but from that day forward; for it was a daily oblation, and for them and their successors, a statue forever. Lev 6:22 

  40. Lev 5:1; Exod 16:36 

  41. Lev 2:1-16; Exod 29:35-42; Num 28:3, Num 28:10 

  42. Lev 2:5, Lev 7:9; 1Chr 9:31 

  43. Lev 4:3; Deut 10:6; Heb 7:23 

  44. Lev 8:21; Exod 29:22-25; Isa 53:10 

  45. The meat offering of the people was eaten by the priests, who typically bore and expiated their sins; but as no priest, being a sinner, could make atonement for himself, his meat offering must not be eaten, but wholly burnt on the altar, which was a typical transfer of his guilt to the great antitype who actually bore and expiated it. 

  46. Lev 6:16-17, Lev 2:10 

  47. Lev 4:2, Lev 4:3-20, Lev 4:21, Lev 4:24, Lev 4:33-34 

  48. Lev 1:3, Lev 1:5, Lev 1:11, Lev 4:24, Lev 4:29, Lev 4:33 

  49. Lev 6:17, Lev 21:22 

  50. Lev 10:17-18; Num 18:9-10; Ezek 44:28-29, Ezek 46:20; Hos 4:8 

  51. Lev 6:16 

  52. Exod 27:9-18, Exod 38:9-19, Exod 40:33; Ezek 42:13 

  53. Lev 6:18; Exod 29:37, Exod 30:29; Hag 2:12; Matt 9:21, Matt 14:36 

  54. Lev 11:32; 2Cor 7:1, 2Cor 7:11 

  55. Lev 11:33, Lev 15:12; Heb 9:9-10 

  56. Lev 6:18; Num 18:10 

  57. Lev 6:25 

  58. Lev 4:3-21, Lev 10:18, Lev 16:27-28; Heb 9:11-12, Heb 13:11