Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
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Gill's Exposition
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; See Gill on Lev 1:4.
and kill it; not the prince, but the priest after mentioned, or the butcher,…
Barnes' Notes
Or if his sin - Rather, And if his sin. Come to his knowledge - i. e. when he had become conscious of his sin. A kid of the goats - A shaggy he-goat, in distinction from a smooth-haired he-goat. It…
Observe here, 1. That God takes notice of and is displeased with the sins of rulers. Those who have power to call others to account are themselves accountable to the ruler of rulers; for, as high as…
Cambridge Bible
a goat lit. a shaggy one of goats, i.e. a hairy goat, an expression used of female goats (Lev 4:4) as well as males. The phrase occurs, with the exception of Gen 37:31, exclusively in Lev. and Ezek.…
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