Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 6:25
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it [is] most holy.
25. The Sin-Offering must be killed in the same place as the Burnt-Offering (cp. Lev 1:11). This precept has already been given in Lev 4:24; Lev 4:29; Lev 4:33, and is here extended to all Sin-Offerings.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The place where … – See Lev 1:11.
It is most holy – See Lev 2:3. The key to the special sanctity of the flesh of the sin-offering, as set forth in Lev 6:26-30, must, it would seem, be found in the words of Moses to the priests Lev 10:17. The flesh of the victim, which represented the sinner for whom atonement was now made, was to be solemnly, and most exclusively, appropriated by those who were appointed to mediate between the sinner and the Lord. The far-reaching symbolism of the act met its perfect fulfillment in the One Mediator who took our nature upon Himself. Phi 2:7.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 25. In the place where the burnt-offering is killed, &c.] The place here referred to was the north side of the altar. See Le 1:11.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
25-28. This is the law of the sinofferingIt was slain, and the fat and inwards, after beingwashed and salted, were burnt upon the altar. But the rest of thecarcass belonged to the officiating priest. He and his family mightfeast upon itonly, however, within the precincts of thetabernacle; and none else were allowed to partake of it but themembers of a priestly familyand not even they, if under anyceremonial defilement. The flesh on all occasions was boiled orsodden, with the exception of the paschal lamb, which was roasted[Exo 12:8; Exo 12:9];and if an earthen vessel had been used, it being porous and likely toimbibe some of the liquid particles, it was to be broken; if ametallic pan had been used it was to be scoured and washed with thegreatest care, not because the vessels had been defiled, but thereversebecause the flesh of the sin offering having been boiled inthem, those vessels were now too sacred for ordinary use. The designof all these minute ceremonies was to impress the minds, both ofpriests and people, with a sense of the evil nature of sin and thecare they should take to prevent the least taint of its impuritiesclinging to them.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, saying, this [is] the law of the sin [offering],…. Or the rules to be observed concerning that, besides what had been already delivered in Le 4:1:
in the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin [offering] be killed before the Lord; and that was on the north side of the altar, see Le 1:11 and so Aben Ezra and Ben Gersom observe, that the place of slaying every sin offering was the north; and some have observed that Mount Calvary, where our Lord was crucified, lay pretty much to the north of Jerusalem, see Ps 48:2:
it is most holy; sacred to the Lord, offered up to him, and accepted by him, and typical of the most pure and holy sacrifice of Christ, who was made sin, and an offering for sin, in the room and stead of his people.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
25. Speak unto Aaron. We everywhere see how carefully God provided that the people should have no doubts about anything. And assuredly true religion is distinguished from false imaginations by this peculiar mark, that God Himself prescribes what is to be done. Nor can certainty, though religion ought to be based upon it, be derived elsewhere than from His own mouth. Now, because there was a difference between burnt-offerings and sin-offerings, it would have been natural to kill them separately in different, places, unless the error had been anticipated; but all doubt, is removed when God assigns the same place to them both. Whence, too, we gather that one law suffices for the proper worship of God, if men are not wise in their own conceits, but depend on His mouth. For how came it to pass that, whilst these two kinds of oblations differed from each other, the rule respecting them was the same on this point, except because it so pleased God? This passage, therefore, sufficiently reminds us with how great sober-mindedness and modesty it becomes us to follow what is pointed out to us in God’s word. A reason, however, is at the same time added, which may invite reverence to be paid to the sin-offerings, when especial sanctity is attributed to them, which, according to the idiom of the Hebrew language, is called “holiness of holinesses.” Moreover, Moses begins to distinguish between חטאה, chateah, (281) and אשם, asham, which the Latins translate peccatum, and delictum, though he had before used them indifferently to express the same thing. What the difference was, I confess, I know not; I see the guesses of others, but nothing certain.
(281) A. V. , “The sin-offering and the trespass-offering.” Michaelis has affirmed that the former was a sacrifice for sins of commission, and the latter for sins of omission: but the Hebrew lexicographer, J. Simons, has observed that this distinction is by no means compatible with the text in all instances. Professor James Robertson, “Clavis Pentat.,” in a note on Lev 4:3, gives other opinions about the distinction, but expresses himself as most approving of that which supposes the first to be an offering for offenses against the First Table of the Decalogue: the second for those against the Second Table. — W.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(25) In the place where the burnt offering is killed.That is, the north side of the altar. (See Lev. 1:11.)
It is most holy.That is, the sin offering belongs to the class of sacrifices which is most holy. (See Lev. 2:3.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. Sin offering See Leviticus 4, notes.
Before the Lord See Lev 1:3, note.
It is most holy Literally, it is holiness of holinesses; a strong form of Hebrew superlative. See Lev 2:3, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 6:25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it [is] most holy.
Ver. 25. In the place, ] i.e., At the north side of the altar. And why See Trapp on “ Lev 5:9 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
sin = Hebrew. chat’a, and implies offering as in Gen 4:7.
offering. This word not in the Hebrew text, but the Ellipsis is rightly supplied, and should be in Gen 4:7
most holy. This comes out in the “law” of the sin offering, because of the Antitype. See note on Exo 3:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the law: Lev 4:2, Lev 4:3-20, Lev 4:21, Lev 4:24, Lev 4:33, Lev 4:34
In the: Lev 1:3, Lev 1:5, Lev 1:11, Lev 4:24, Lev 4:29, Lev 4:33
it is: Lev 6:17, Lev 21:22
Reciprocal: Exo 29:14 – it is a Lev 6:29 – it is Lev 7:1 – it is Lev 7:2 – in the place Lev 7:7 – the trespass Lev 14:54 – the law Lev 22:4 – holy things Num 18:9 – every sin Num 18:20 – General Eze 42:13 – the most holy