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**soul** = a person. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata.* App-44 .
**and hear** = because he heard.
**swearing** = adjuration. is = "he [is]".
**iniquity** = perverseness. Hebrew. *'avail.* App-44 . Put here by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause) for the punishment due to it. App-6 .

**be hidden:** i.e. if he forget his uncleanness. This clause "and if", &c, is omitted in the Septuagint and included in [Leviticus 5:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/3) .

**man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* See App-14 .

**pronouncing with his lips** = speaking heedlessly.
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**evil . . . good.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Whole), to include all human actions. Compare [Genesis 24:50](../../../kjv/genesis/24/50) ; [Genesis 31:29](../../../kjv/genesis/31/29) . [Numbers 24:13](../../../kjv/numbers/24/13) .

**sinned.** Hebrew. *chata.* App-44 .

**his trespass offering** = as his trespass offering. Hebrew. *'asham.*
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata.* App-44 .
**make an atonement.** See note on [Exodus 26:33](../../../kjv/exodus/26/33) .

**trespass.** Hebrew. *'asham.* App-44 .

**manner.** See note on [Leviticus 1:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/1/14) , &c.

**offering.** Hebrew. *korban.* App-43 . For the poor only a little flour. Compare [Leviticus 4:23](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/23) ; [Leviticus 4:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/28) . All equally forgiven. Compare [Leviticus 4:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/26) , [Leviticus 4:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/31) and [Leviticus 5:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/13) .
**sin offering:** and not a *minchah,* [Leviticus 2:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/2/11) .

**a memorial thereof** = a memorial portion.
**burn** = burn as incense. Hebrew. *katar.* App-43 .
**according to** = upon.
**offerings made by fire.** Hebrew. *ishsheh.* App-43 .

**one of these.** Specified in verses: [Leviticus 5:1-4](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/1-4) above. Compare [Leviticus 5:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/5) .
**and the remnant:** better "and it shall belong to the priest".

**spake.** This formula denotes another communication made at a different time, and gives a further development of the laws of the trespass offering. Note that in this book Jehovah "spake" at thirty-five "sundry times", and in ten "divers manners" (see App-10 ):
(1) To Moses alone ([Leviticus 5:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/14) ; [Leviticus 6:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/1) , [Leviticus 6:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/19) ; [Leviticus 8:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/8/1) ; [Leviticus 14:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/14/1) ; [Leviticus 22:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/22/26) ; [Leviticus 23:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/26) ). (2) To Moses, to speak to Aaron alone ([Leviticus 16:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/16/1) ). (3) To Moses, to speak to "Aaron and his sons" ([Leviticus 6:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/8) , [Leviticus 6:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/24) ; [Leviticus 22:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/22/1) ). (4) To Moses, to speak to "the priests, the sons of Aaron" ([Leviticus 21:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/21/1) ). (5) To Moses, to speak to "Aaron and his sons, and in all the children of Israel" ([Leviticus 17:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/1) ; [Leviticus 21:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/21/16) (Compare Lev 5:24 ); [Leviticus 22:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/22/17) ). (6) To Moses, to speak to "the children of Israel" ([Leviticus 1:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/1/1) ; [Leviticus 4:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/1) ; [Leviticus 7:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/22) , [Leviticus 7:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/28) ; [Leviticus 12:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/12/1) ; [Leviticus 18:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/1) ; [Leviticus 20:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/1) ; [Leviticus 23:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/1) , [Leviticus 23:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/9) , [Leviticus 23:23](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/23) ; [Leviticus 24:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/1) , [Leviticus 24:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/13) ; [Leviticus 25:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/1) ; [Leviticus 27:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/27/1) ). (7) To Moses, to speak "to all the congregation of the children of Israel" ([Leviticus 19:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/1) ). (8) To Moses and Aaron conjointly ([Leviticus 13:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/13/1) ; [Leviticus 14:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/14/33) ). (9) To Moses and Aaron, to speak to "the children of Israel" ([Leviticus 11:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/11/1) ; [Leviticus 15:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/15/1) ). (10) To Aaron alone ([Leviticus 10:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/8) ).
The reasons for these distinctions will be seen from the respective contexts.

**trespass.** Hebrew. *ma'al,* to act covertly; to be faithless, especially in covenant matters, either with God ([Leviticus 26:40](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/40) . [Numbers 31:16](../../../kjv/numbers/31/16) . [Deuteronomy 32:51](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/51) , &c.) or between husband and wife ([Numbers 5:12](../../../kjv/numbers/5/12) , [Numbers 5:27](../../../kjv/numbers/5/27) ). Not the same word as in verses: [Leviticus 5:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/6) , [Leviticus 5:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/7) , [Leviticus 5:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/15) , [Leviticus 6:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/16) , and below in this verse.
**holy things, &c.,** such as firstfruits, firstborn, &c. [Exodus 28:38](../../../kjv/exodus/28/38) . See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**estimation** = valuation. Made here by Moses, transferred by him to the priests. See [Leviticus 27:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/27/8) , [Leviticus 27:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/27/12) .[Numbers 18:16](../../../kjv/numbers/18/16) .

**harm that he hath done.** Hebrew. *chat'a.* App-44 .
**add.** In trespass in holy things sacrifice comes first ([Leviticus 5:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/15) ) and addition afterwards. In human affairs the addition comes first ([Leviticus 6:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/5) ) and sacrifice follows ([Leviticus 6:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/7) ).

**any** = any one of these things specified in [Leviticus 5:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/15) .
**wist it not** = knew it not. This effectually disposes of the fallacy that it is only *sincerity* that matters. Note the repetition of the words in verses: [Leviticus 5:17-19](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/17-19) to emphasize this.
**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .

**erred.** Hebrew. *shagag.* App-44 .

**trespassed.** Hebrew. *'asham.* App-44 . Compare [Leviticus 5:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/17) .

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