Levítico 5:9

9 Luego rociará un poco de la sangre del sacrificio expiatorio en un costado del altar, y al pie del altar exprimirá el resto de la sangre. Es un sacrificio expiatorio.

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 »Si a alguien no le alcanza para comprar ganado menor, entonces le llevará al SEÑOR, como sacrificio por la culpa del pecado cometido, dos tórtolas o dos pichones de paloma, una de las aves como sacrificio por el pecado y la otra como holocausto.

8 Se las llevará al sacerdote, quien primero ofrecerá el ave para el sacrificio expiatorio. Para esto, le retorcerá el cuello, pero sin desprenderle del todo la cabeza.

9 Luego rociará un poco de la sangre del sacrificio expiatorio en un costado del altar, y al pie del altar exprimirá el resto de la sangre. Es un sacrificio expiatorio.

10 Con la segunda ave hará un holocausto, como ya ha sido prescrito. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el pecado cometido, y ese pecado le será perdonado.

11 »Si a esa persona tampoco le alcanza para comprar dos tórtolas o dos pichones, presentará entonces en sacrificio expiatorio, como ofrenda por el pecado cometido, dos litros de flor de harina. Como se trata de un sacrificio expiatorio, no se le pondrá aceite ni incienso.