Lìwèijì 5:5

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

Lìwèijì 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.

Lìwèijì 5:5 In-Context

3 Huò shì tā mó le biérén de wūhuì , wúlùn shì rǎn le shénme wūhuì , tā què bù zhīdào , yī zhīdào le jiù yǒu le zuì .

4 Huò shì yǒu rén zuǐlǐ mào shī fā shì , yào xíng è , yào xíng shàn , wúlùn rén zaì shénme shì shàng mào shī fā shì , tā què bù zhīdào , yī zhīdào le jiù yào zaì zhè qízhōng de yī jiàn shàng yǒu le zuì .

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 .