Levítico 5:5

5 Deverá, pois, quando for culpado numa destas coisas, confessar aquilo em que houver 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 Se alguém, sem se aperceber tocar a imundícia de um homem, seja qual for a imundícia com que este se tornar imundo, quando o souber será culpado.

4 Se alguém, sem se aperceber, jurar temerariamente com os seus lábios fazer mal ou fazer bem, em tudo o que o homem pronunciar temerariamente com juramento, quando o souber, culpado será numa destas coisas.

5 Deverá, pois, quando for culpado numa destas coisas, confessar aquilo em que houver pecado.

6 E como sua oferta pela culpa, ele trará ao Senhor, pelo pecado que cometeu, uma fêmea de gado miúdo; uma cordeira, ou uma cabrinha, trará como oferta pelo pecado; e o sacerdote fará por ele expiação do seu pecado.

7 Mas, se as suas posses não bastarem para gado miúdo, então trará ao Senhor, como sua oferta pela culpa por aquilo em que houver pecado, duas rolas, ou dois pombinhos; um como oferta pelo pecado, e o outro como holocausto;