Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 7:7
As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is] one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have [it].
7. there is one law for them ] It is doubtful whether these words, and those immediately preceding them, can be taken as enjoining the sm kah or laying on of hands (see on Lev 1:4). But according to tradition, that ceremony was applied in the case of Guilt-Offerings, and this passage was quoted in support of the practice.
the priest shall have it ] Cp. 2Ki 12:16, where both Guilt-and Sin-Offerings are assigned to the priest. At the close of the injunctions concerning the ‘most holy’ sacrifices, a short summary (Lev 7:8-10) of the priests’ dues from such sacrifices is given. Most of them have been mentioned before; the priests’ due from the Guilt-Offering is settled in Lev 7:7; their dues from the Burnt-Offering and Meal-Offering are assigned in Lev 7:8-10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
So is the trespass-offering, to wit, in the matter here following, for in other things they differed.
Shall have it, i.e. by a synecdoche, that part of it which was by God allowed to the priest. See Lev 6:26.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
As the sin [offering is], so [is] the trespass [offering, there is] one law for them,…. The same as in Le 6:27:
the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it; who by offering it made atonement for the trespass of the person that brings it, as typical of the atonement by the sacrifice of Christ; he was to have all but what was burnt, for himself and his sons; though no doubt but other priests then on duty in the court ate with him.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 7-11:
This text defines the portions of the various offerings which were to belong to the priests. The officiating priest was to have: the flesh of the Trespass Offering, and the flesh of the Sin Offering (except the fat to be burnt upon the altar); the skin of the Whole Burnt Offering; and the cooked Meat Offerings (grain), except that portion burnt as a memorial on the altar. The Meat Offerings of flour and parched grains were to go to the entire body of priests, equally.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(7) There is one law for them.That is, the same rule, as stated in Lev. 6:27-28, applies to both the sin offering and the trespass offering; hence what is omitted in the regulation of the one must be supplied from the directions given in the other.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering Though much alike in their interior essence and symbolical meaning, they had this difference, the trespass offering was always personal, while the sin offering might be congregational. See Lev 5:6, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 7:7 As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is] one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have [it].
Ver. 7. As the sin offering is. ] They were distinct then. See Lev 7:1 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
one law. See Lev 6:27, Lev 6:28.
maketh atonement. See note on Exo 29:33.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
atonement
(See Scofield “Exo 29:33”)
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
the trespass: Lev 6:25, Lev 6:26, Lev 14:13
Reciprocal: Lev 10:17 – Wherefore Num 5:7 – with the principal Num 5:8 – beside the ram Num 18:9 – every trespass 1Sa 2:28 – did I give 2Ki 12:16 – trespass money Hos 4:8 – eat
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 7:7-8. As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering In the matter following, for in other things they differed. The priests shall have it That part of it which was by God allowed to the priest. The priest shall have to himself the skin The note of Bishop Patrick is worth transcribing here: All the flesh of the burnt-offerings being wholly consumed, as well as the fat upon the altar, there was nothing that could fall to the share of the priest but the skin, which is here given him for his pains. It was observed upon Gen 3:21, that it is probable Adam himself offered the first sacrifice, and had the skin given him by God, to make the garments for him and his wife. In conformity to which the priests ever after had the skin of the whole burnt-offerings for their portion; which was a custom among the Gentiles, (as well as the Jews,) who gave the skins of their sacrifices to their priests, when they were not burned with the sacrifices, as in some sin-offerings they were among the Jews, see Lev 4:11; and they employed them to a superstitious use, by lying upon them in their temples, in hopes to have future things revealed to them in their dreams. Of this we have a proof in Virgils seventh neid, line 86. See Drydens translation, 7:127.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
7:7 As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is] one {d} law for them: the priest that maketh atonement {e} therewith shall have [it].
(d) The same ceremonies, even though this word trespass signifies less then sin.
(e) Meaning, the rest which is left and not burnt.