Levítico 5:5

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

Levítico 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 5:5

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these
things
Before expressed in the preceding verses; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``in one of the four things,''

which Ben Gersom particularly mentions in the oath of witness, or the pollution of the sanctuary, or the pollution of its holy things, or a vain oath:

that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that [thing];
not make confession of sin in general, but of that particular sin he is guilty of; and this he was to do before he brought his offering, or at least at the time of his bringing it; for without confession his offering would be of no avail; and which he made, as Ben Gersom says, by laying his hand on the head of the offering, thereby signifying and declaring his guilt, and that he deserved to die as the creature would about to be sacrificed for him; or he might make a verbal confession and acknowledgment of his offence. Fagius, from the Jewish writers, has given us the form of it, which was this;

``I beseech thee, O Lord, I have sinned, I have done wickedly, I have transgressed before thee, so and so have I done; and, lo, I repent, and am ashamed of what I have done, and I will never do the same again.''

Though perhaps this form may be of too modern a date, yet doubtless somewhat like this was pronounced; and they make confession of sin necessary to all sacrifices, and say ^F24, atonement is not made by them without repentance and confession.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Maimon. Hilchot Teshubah, c. 1. sect. 1.

Levítico 5:5 In-Context

3 "O si toca inmundicia humana, de cualquier clase que sea la inmundicia con que se contamine, sin darse cuenta, y después llega a saberlo, será culpable.

4 "O si alguien, sin pensar, jura con sus labios hacer mal o hacer bien, en cualquier asunto que el hombre hable sin pensar con juramento, sin darse cuenta, y luego llega a saberlo, será culpable de cualquiera de estas cosas.

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.