Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 4:28
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
A kid of the goats – A shaggy she-goat.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
A female was here sufficient, because the sin of one of those was less than the sin of the ruler, for whom a male was required, Lev 4:21.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Or if his sin which he hath sinned come to his knowledge,…. So that he is convinced that he has sinned:
then he shall bring his offering; to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest there:
a kid of the goats: a young goat:
a female without blemish; and so inferior to the offering of the ruler or prince; for the characters of men are aggravations of their sins, and sacrifices were to be in some measure answerable to them, and suitable to their circumstances:
for the sin which he hath sinned; to atone for it in a typical way.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) Or if his sin . . . come to his knowledge.That is, is shown to him by another person. (See Lev. 4:23.)
A kid of the goats.Better, a shaggy-haired she-goat without blemish. The expression is feminine in the Hebrew. The female was of less value than the male, and was therefore more suitable to the circumstances of the ordinary people.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 4:28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
Ver. 28. Come to his knowledge. ] By the check of his own conscience, awakened by the word or rod of God.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
female for one of the People, male for “ruler”, Lev 4:22. Compare Lev 5:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a kid: Lev 4:23, Lev 4:32, Lev 5:6, Gen 3:15, Isa 7:14, Jer 31:22, Rom 8:3, Gal 4:4, Gal 4:5
a female: Lev 4:23, Gal 3:28
Reciprocal: Num 15:27 – General Ezr 6:17 – a sin offering
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 4:28. A female Which here was sufficient, because the sin of one of those was less than the sin of the ruler, for whom a male was required.