Leviticus 4:1,2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Leviticus 4:1 f. General Statement. These sins are committed through error (RVm), when the sinner thinks that he is doing something else, or does not know that what he is doing is wrong; i.e. to us, they are not sins at all. Cf. Leviticus 4:22; Numbers 15:24-29; Joshua 20:3, and contrast the phrase, sinning with a high hand, i.e. deliberately (Numbers 15:30; cf. penalties in Leviticus 20:2 ff.); for this, only excommunication or death is possible.

Leviticus 4:1-2

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: