Trespass-offerings and restitution. “If a person commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally against the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, that is, the shekel of the sanctuary, as a guilt offering. Lev 5:15
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
OUT LINE OF THE BOOK LEVITICUS
A Manual of Worship at the Tabernacle
1.DIRECTIONS REGARDING THE OFFERING OF SACRIFICES, Leviticus 1-7
1.The Five Offerings, Leviticus 1:1-6:7
Trespass, Leviticus 5:1-6:7
7. When was restitution required as well as an offering?
Leviticus 5:14-19
and
Leviticus 6 1-7
LAWS FOR GUILT OFFERINGS
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“If a person commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally against the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, that is, the shekel of the sanctuary, as a guilt offering.
He shall make restitution for the sin which he has committed against the holy thing, and shall add a fifth [of the ram’s value] to it, and give it to the priest. The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.
“Now if anyone sins and does any of the things which the LORD has forbidden, though he was not aware of it, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. [Luk_12:48]
He is then to bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering. In this way the priest shall make atonement for him regarding the error which he committed unintentionally and did not know it, and he shall be forgiven.
It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”
Leviticus 6 1-7
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“When anyone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor (companion, associate) in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his neighbor,
or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do–
then if he has sinned and is guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery, or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost thing which he found,
or anything about which he has sworn falsely; he shall not only restore it in full, but shall add to it one-fifth more. He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day of his guilt offering.
Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, as valued by you, as a guilt offering.
The priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt.”
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Leviticus 5:14-19
and
Leviticus 6 1-7
TRESPASS-OFFERINGS AND RESTITUTION
The root idea of the Hebrew word for trespass is “failure of duty through negligence.” In addition to the sin itself, which is against God, as the august Custodian of the law and order of the universe, the injury, which such negligence inflicts upon one’s neighbor, must be met by a compensation and fine. Any sum which another has lost through us should, of course, be repaid, and a fifth part added, if required. But probably, the main lesson of the trespass-offering is that we cannot injure any fellow-creature without offending against God. Our offence penetrates beyond the thin veil of humanity and the visible universe into the unseen Holy.
In dealing with all failures in regard to our fellows, there are three points, therefore, always to bear in mind: First, we must confess the sin to God; second, we must seek out our brother and confess to him, and ask his forgiveness, that we may win him, as our Lord said, Mat_18:15; and, third, we must make restitution, with an addition. This was the teaching under the Law. Should it be less under the Gospel of love?
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