Lìwèijì 4:13

13 Yǐsèliè quánhuì zhòng ruò xíng le Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu bùkĕ xíng de shénme shì , wù fàn le zuì , shì yǐn ér wèi xiàn , huì zhòng kàn bú chūlai de ,

Lìwèijì 4:13 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 4:13

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through
ignorance
That is, all Israel, or the greatest part of them, as Gersom interprets it, through the ignorant teaching of the judges, who by their instruction cause the people to err, and commit sins of ignorance, as Baal Hatturim on the place observes, and Maimonides elsewhere ^F7; wherefore Jarchi, and some others, by the congregation of Israel understand the sanhedrim, or the bench of judges, consisting of seventy one. Ainsworth remarks on the words, that the church may err:

and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly;
congregation or church, so that they do not know that it is a sin which they have committed:

and they have done [somewhat against] any of the commandments of
the Lord, [concerning things] which should not be done;
transgressed negative precepts:

and are guilty;
of sin, though as yet they know it not.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Hilchot Shegagot, c. 12. sect. 1.

Lìwèijì 4:13 In-Context

11 Gōngniú de pí hé suǒyǒude ròu , bìng tóu , tuǐ , zàng , fǔ , fèn ,

12 Jiù shì quán gōngniú , yào bān dào yíng waì jiéjìng zhī dì , dǎo huī zhī suǒ , yòng huǒshào zaì chái shàng .

13 Yǐsèliè quánhuì zhòng ruò xíng le Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu bùkĕ xíng de shénme shì , wù fàn le zuì , shì yǐn ér wèi xiàn , huì zhòng kàn bú chūlai de ,

14 Huì zhòng yī zhīdào suǒ fàn de zuì jiù yào xiàn yī zhǐ gōngniú dú wéi shúzuìjì , qiā dào huì mù qián .

15 Huì zhōng de zhǎnglǎo jiù yào zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián àn shǒu zaì niú de tóu shàng , jiàng niú zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián zǎi le .