[333] LXX., ὁλοκαύτωμα.
[334] LXX., περὶ ἁμαρτίας. Chattath and Ashâm both imply guilt, debt, sin. "The trespass offering affected rights of property, but no precise definition of the two kinds of expiatory offerings can be based upon the statements made in the Pentateuch in respect to them. Perhaps they cannot all be referred to the same time and to one author; for they prescribe both sin and trespass offerings in cases of Levitical impurity, and also for moral offences. All Levites attempting to establish palpable distinctions between them must inevitably fail." (Kalisch, Leviticus, part ii., p. 272). The general scheme of sacrifices, as they now stand in the Pentateuch, is as follows:—
Sacrifice (Zebach, Minchah).
|
+----------------+----------------+-------------+
| | | |
Burnt offering. Peace offering. Expiatory Offering of
| offering. Purification.
| | |
| | +-----+--+----------+
| | | | |
| | Child Leprosy. Issue.
| | birth.
| +----+----------+------------+
| | | |
| Sin offering Trespass Offering
| (Chattath). offering Jealousy.
| (Ashâm).
|
+--------+---------+-+--------+--------------+
| | | | |
Thank Praise. Paschal Firstborn Firstfruits.
offerings. Lamb. of animals.
[335] LXX., πλημμελεία.
[336] LXX., θυσία σωτηρίον.
[337] The phrase "wave offering" indicates the ceremony used by the priests in presenting peace offerings to God.
[338] For the full development of these views, see Wellhausen's Prolegomena.
[339] See Bishop Barry's article on Sacrifice in Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, to which, in this paragraph, I am much indebted.
[340] Lev. v. 11-13.
[341] See Kuenen, Rel. of Israel, ii. pp. 259-76.