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if so is it probable that atonement would be appointee } for the one and not for the other ? IV . Atonement was appointed to be made for certain wilful
breaches of four of the laws contained in the decalogue , that is , the third , the eighth , the ninth and the tenth . This is too evident to be denied * See Levit . vi . 1—7 » iC And the Lord spake unto Moses saying , if a soul sin ^ and
commit a trespass against the Lord , and lye unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep ; or in fellowship , or in a thing taken away by violence , or hath deceived his neighbour , or have found that which was lost ,
and lyeth concerning it , and sweareth falsely ; in any of all these that a man doth , sinning therein , —then it shall be , because he hath sinned and is guilty , that he shall restore that which he took violently
away , or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten , or that which was delivered him to keep , or the lost thing which he / ound , or all that about which he hath sworn falsely ; he shall even restore it in the
principal , and shall add the fifth part more thereto , and give it unto him to whom ii appertained ! , in the day of his trespass-offering . And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto the Lord , a ram with - out blemish out of the flock , with
thy estimation , for a trespass-offering , unto the priest ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord - and it shall be forgiven him , for any
thing of all that he hath done , in trespassing therein /* These words also appoint that atonement shall be made for lies , fraud , oppression or deceit , or both . — -Here then atonement is appointed to be
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made for seven or eight wilfaj breaches of the moral laws of God and four of these laws are found in the decalogue ; and some , not to say several of these specified
crimes are of such a nature that they seem to include others which are not expressly mentioned , but which the good sense of offenders and especially of the priests , would evidently see to be comprehended in them . It is neither necessanr
nor prudent to specify every pos . sible breach of general laws . It is worthy of notice here that these things are not met with in some bye-place in the five books of Moses ; nor are they inferences , drawn from other precepts or rites .
but are found in the Levitical law itself , and in that very place where it was most natural to expect them to be placed , that is , immediately after the laws concerning sins of ignorance * This circumstance adds much weight to what is said here : as it is evident from hence
that the lawgiver laid considerable stress on it . Be it then , in itself , little or much , it is a very essential part of the law , and therefore must not be overlooked , or
treated lightly , but be suffered to have its due weight with us .-It is also said in Levit . xix . 20—21 "Andwhosoever lieth carnally with a woman that is a bond-maid
betrothed to an husband , and not at all redeemed nor freedom given her , they shall be scourged , ' they shall not be put to death , because she was not free . And he shall bring his trespass . offering untotfie
Lord , unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , a ram for a trespass-offering . And the priest shall make an atoncmem for him with the ram of the trespass , offering before the Lord , for
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708 Biblical Criticism . — Jetans on Jewish Sin-Offerings .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 708, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/48/
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