Leviticus 22:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. They, i.e. the priests shall not (the negative particle being understood out of the foregoing clause, as Psalms 1:5, Psalms 9:18 suffer them, i.e. the people, to bear the iniquity of trespass, i.e. the punishment of their sin, which they might expect from God, and for the prevention whereof the priest was to see restitution made, &c. The words may be rendered thus, But (so the Hebrew vau is oft translated) they, i.e. the priests, shall make them, i.e. the people, to bear the iniquity, or punishment, of their trespass or sin, i.e. they shall require from them reparations in manner here expressed.