Lìwèijì 5:7

7 Tāde lìliang ruò bù gòu xiàn yī zhǐ yánggāo , jiù yào yīn suǒ fàn de zuì , bǎ liǎng zhǐ bānjiū huò shì liǎng zhǐ chú gē daì dào Yēhéhuá miànqián wéi shú qiā jì , yī zhǐ zuò shú zuì jì , yī zhǐ zuò Fánjì .

Lìwèijì 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.

Lìwèijì 5:7 In-Context

5 Tā yǒu le zuì de shíhou , jiù yào chéngrèn suǒ fàn de zuì ,

6 Bìng yào yīn suǒ fàn de zuì , bǎ tāde shú qiā jì shēng jiù shì yáng qún zhōng de mǔ yáng , huò shì yī zhǐ yánggāo , huò shì yī zhǐ shānyáng qiā dào Yēhéhuá miànqián wéi shú zuì jì . zhìyú tāde zuì , jìsī yào wèi tā shú le .

7 Tāde lìliang ruò bù gòu xiàn yī zhǐ yánggāo , jiù yào yīn suǒ fàn de zuì , bǎ liǎng zhǐ bānjiū huò shì liǎng zhǐ chú gē daì dào Yēhéhuá miànqián wéi shú qiā jì , yī zhǐ zuò shú zuì jì , yī zhǐ zuò Fánjì .

8 Bǎ zhèxie daì dào jìsī nàli , jìsī jiù yào xiān bǎ nà shú zuì jì xiànshang , cóng niǎo de jǐngxiàng shàng jiū xià tóu lái , zhǐshì bùkĕ bǎ niǎo sī duàn ,

9 Yĕ bǎ xiē shú zuì jì shēng de xuè tán zaì tán de pángbiān , shèngxia de xuè yào liú zaì tán de jiǎo nàli , zhè shì shú zuì jì .