Leviticus 5:1, He that sins in concealing his knowledge; Leviticus 5:2, in touching an unclean thing; Leviticus 5:4, or in making an oath; Leviticus 5:6, His trespass offering, of the flock; Leviticus 5:7, of fowls; Leviticus 5:11, or of flour; Leviticus 5:14, The trespass offering in sacrilege; Leviticus 5:17, and in sins of ignorance.
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Leviticus 5
Leviticus 5 — Overview
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Leviticus 5 — OverviewLeviticus 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter, and part of the next, concern the trespass-offering. The
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he was sworn as a witness to speak the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. Judges among the Jews had power to adjure not…Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 5:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe case of a witness on oath. If a man hear the voice of swearing, that is, if he was one of a number of persons adjured to speak according to the manner in which oaths were administered in Jewish courts of justice…Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 5:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryFidelity in bearing witness.
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I. THAT WE SPEND OUR LIFE IN THE SIGHT…Leviticus 5:1-13Leviticus 5:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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