Levítico 5:9

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.

Levítico 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 5:9

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin [offering]
upon the side of the altar
Or "wall" ^F3 it is asked ^F4,

``what is the wall at which the rest of the blood is wrung out? this is the lower wall, namely, the half of the height of the altar below, under the thread (of scarlet that goes round the middle of the altar) that the rest of the blood may be squeezed at the bottom of the altar, and because of this the sin offering of the fowl is below,''

that is, the sprinkling of its blood. And so Ben Gersom observes; from hence we learn, says he, that the sprinkling of the sin offering of the fowl was in the lower part of the altar; and I think this sprinkling, adds he, was not in the length, but in the breadth:

and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the
altar;
the blood sprinkled was that which dropped from it when nipped by the priest; this here was squeezed out by him, and was shed at the foot of the altar; so that the altar had all the blood, and nothing but the blood of the fowl, all the rest belonged to the priest {e}: this might be an emblem both of the drops of blood which fell from Christ in the garden, and of the shedding of his blood upon the cross, whereby remission of sin was obtained, and atonement made:

it [is] a sin [offering];
an offering whereby sin was typically expiated and stoned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (ryq le) (epi ton toicon) , Sept. "super parietem", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius; "ad parietem", Tigurine version.
F4 Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 6. sect. 4.
F5 Misn. ib.

Levítico 5:9 In-Context

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.

10 "Entonces preparará el segundo como holocausto según la ordenanza. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por él, por el pecado que ha cometido, y le será perdonado.

11 "Pero si no tiene lo suficiente para dos tórtolas o dos pichones, entonces, como ofrenda por el pecado que ha cometido, traerá la décima parte de un efa de flor de harina como ofrenda por el pecado; no pondrá aceite ni incienso en ella, pues es ofrenda por el pecado.