Levítico 4:22

22 Y cuando pecare el príncipe, e hiciere por yerro algo contra alguno de todos los mandamientos del SEÑOR su Dios, sobre cosas que no se han de hacer, y es culpable

Levítico 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 4:22

When a ruler hath sinned
Or "prince", the "nasi", one that is lifted up above others in honour, power, and authority, or that bears the weight of government: the word comes from one which signifies to lift up, or to bear; it may be understood of a governor of a family, or of a tribe, as Aben Ezra observes; and so in the Talmud

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 it is said, it means the prince of a tribe, such as Nachson the son of Amminadab, prince of the tribe of Judah. Maimonides ^F12 says a king is designed, over whom none has power; and so Gersom on the place, who observes, that David the king is called a prince, ( Ezekiel 34:24 ) ( 46:2 )

and done [somewhat] through ignorance [against] any of the
commandments of the Lord his God;
the phrase, "his God", is here added, and is not used neither of the anointed priest, nor of the congregation, nor of one of the common people; only of the prince, to show, that though he is above others, God is above him, and he is accountable to him; he is his God, of whom he is, and by whom he rules; wherefore if he breaks any of his commandments, though ignorantly, he must bring a sacrifice for it:

[concerning things] which should not be done, and is guilty;
of transgressing negative precepts, which are as binding on him as others.

F11 T. Bab. Horayot, fol. 11. 1.
F12 Hilchot Shegagot, c. 15. sect. 6.

Levítico 4:22 In-Context

20 Y hará de aquel novillo como hizo con el novillo del pecado; lo mismo hará de él; y así los reconciliará el sacerdote, y obtendrán perdón

21 Y sacará el novillo fuera del campamento, y lo quemará como quemó el primer novillo; es el pecado de la congregación

22 Y cuando pecare el príncipe, e hiciere por yerro algo contra alguno de todos los mandamientos del SEÑOR su Dios, sobre cosas que no se han de hacer, y es culpable

23 luego que le fuere notificado su pecado que cometió, entonces presentará por su ofrenda un macho cabrío sin defecto

24 Y pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza del macho cabrío, y lo degollará en el lugar donde se degüella el holocausto delante del SEÑOR; es pecado