Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 17:16
But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
16. See on Lev 19:26.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. The punishment of it, and therefore must offer a sacrifice for it. Lev 5:1,2; 7:18
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
But if he wash [them] not,…. Neither wash his clothes: nor bathe his flesh; if he is negligent, and does not take care to make use of these ablutions:
then he shall bear his iniquity; his guilt shall remain on him, and he shall suffer the punishment the law exposes him to, either by the hand of God, or the civil magistrate, which is due to persons that enter into the sanctuary in their uncleanness, or eat of holy things. For not washing his body the punishment was cutting off, and for not washing his garments, beating, as Jarchi says.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Then he shall bear his iniquity.If he neglects these acts of purification, and enters the sanctuary in a defiled state, or partakes of the sacrificial meal, he is to incur the penalty of excision for the former act, and to be beaten with stripes for the latter, according to the interpretation given to this law in the time of Christ.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
16. He shall bear his iniquity The punishment shall be visited. The same words, in the original, in Exo 34:7, and Lev 10:17, (see note,) signify to bear away or expiate iniquity. See Num 9:13, note. A voluntary neglect of purification from an involuntary fault is not a trifle but an iniquity. The great sin of Gospel-hardened sinners is their neglect to wash away their sins and inherited depravity in the precious blood of Jesus Christ. 4 .) Substitution may be inferred from Lev 17:14. 5.) Also from Deu 21:1-9, where the guilt of an unknown slayer is chargeable upon the whole people, and by washing the hands is transferred to the sacrifice. 6.) The noun kopher, ransom, cognate with the verb kipper, expiate, includes the idea of substitution. 7.) The symbol of the scapegoat is a visible manifestation of the taking away of guilt by means of the expiation. Jewish tradition is very full and positive on this point. The standing rule is, that there can be no expiation except by blood.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 17:16. But if he wash them not Note; If our iniquity be not taken away by the washing of regeneration, it will be a burden which we can never bear ourselves, but which must sink us into eternal perdition.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
REFLECTIONS
BLESSED JESUS! help me by the leadings and influences of thy good SPIRIT to be continually bringing all my offerings unto thee, and in thee, and through thee, may they be presented to GOD, even thy FATHER. Thou art the true tabernacle and the altar, and the sacrifice, and the offering, and the great high priest by whom alone they are accepted. Oh! may everything center in thee, as every good gift and every perfect gift cometh from thee. And while I find cause to bless the Author of all my mercies, that I am not under a covenant of works, but of grace; may I still have respect unto all thy commandments, when thou hast taught my soul thy statutes: never forgetting what thy servant the apostle hath said, that we are not without law to GOD, but under the law to CHRIST. Dearest LORD! how delightful is the thought, that thou art the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 17:16 But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
Ver. 16. Shall bear his iniquity, ] i.e., The punishment of it: they are so near akin, that one name serves for both.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
iniquity. Hebrew. ‘avah. App-44.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 5:1, Lev 7:18, Lev 19:8, Lev 20:17, Lev 20:19, Lev 20:20, Num 19:19, Num 19:20, Isa 53:11, Joh 13:8, Heb 9:28, 1Pe 2:24
Reciprocal: Gen 35:2 – clean Exo 22:31 – neither Lev 11:24 – General Lev 11:40 – eateth Lev 15:27 – General Joh 13:10 – He Heb 9:10 – divers
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 17:16. His iniquity The punishment of it, and therefore must offer a sacrifice for it.