Levítico 5:7

7 "Pero si no tiene lo suficiente para ofrecer un cordero, entonces traerá al SEÑOR como ofrenda por la culpa de aquello en que ha pecado, dos tórtolas o dos pichones, uno como ofrenda por el pecado y el otro como holocausto.

Levítico 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 5:7

And if he be not able to bring a lamb
He is not possessed of a lamb, nor able to purchase one:

then he shall bring for his trespass which he hath committed, two
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord;
either the one or the other; these were common, and in great plenty in the land of Israel, as Maimonides ^F25 observes, which was the reason of their being ordered, since to be had cheap. The turtledoves were larger, as the Targum of Jonathan calls them, being older, and the pigeons lesser, being young; or the one were grown, and not little, and the other little, and not grown, as the Jewish writers ^F26 observe; and either of them were proper emblems of Christ in his purity, innocence, and meekness, by whom an atonement is made both for the rich and poor:

one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering;
one of the turtle doves or pigeons, whichsoever were brought, was offered up as a sin offering, and the other that remained was offered up as a burnt offering; so that the poor man had two sorts of offerings out of what he brought, when the rich had but one; and may denote the completeness of his sacrifice, and the full atonement made by it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 46.
F26 Maimon & Bartenora in Misn. Cholin, c. 1. sect. 5.

Levítico 5:7 In-Context

5 "Así será que cuando llegue a ser culpable de cualquiera de estas cosas, confesará aquello en que ha pecado.

6 "Traerá también al SEÑOR su ofrenda por la culpa, por el pecado que ha cometido, una hembra del rebaño, una cordera o una cabra como ofrenda por el pecado. Y el sacerdote le hará expiación por su pecado.

7 "Pero si no tiene lo suficiente para ofrecer un cordero, entonces traerá al SEÑOR como ofrenda por la culpa de aquello en que ha pecado, dos tórtolas o dos pichones, uno como ofrenda por el pecado y el otro como holocausto.

8 "Los traerá al sacerdote, el cual ofrecerá primero el que es para ofrenda por el pecado, y le cortará la cabeza por la cerviz sin arrancarla.

9 "Rociará también de la sangre de la ofrenda por el pecado al costado del altar, y el resto de la sangre será exprimida al pie del altar; es ofrenda por el pecado.