Lev 5:13 | KD | STEP | But if any one could not afford even two pigeons, he was to offer the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin-offering. ידו תּשּׂיג for ידו תּגּיע ( ): his hand reaches to anything, is able to raise it, or with an accusative, obtains, gets anything (used in the same sense in , ), or else absolutely, acquires, or gets rich ( , ). But it was to be offered without oil and incense, because it was a sin-offering, that is to say, “because it was not to have the character of a minchah ” ( Oehler ). But the reason why it was not to have this character was, that only those who were in a state of grace could offer a minchah , and not a man who had fallen from grace through sin. As such a man could not offer to the Lord the fruits of the Spirit of God and of prayer, he was not allowed to add oil and incense, as symbols of the Spirit and praise of God, to the sacrifice with which he sought the forgiveness of sin. The priest was to take a handful of the meal offered, and burn it upon the altar as a memorial, and thus make atonement for the sinner on account of his sin. - On “ his handful ” and “ a memorial ” ( Azcarah ), see Lev 2:2. “ In one of these ” ( as in ): cf. Lev 4:2. “ And let it (the remainder of the meal offered) belong to the priest like the meat-offering: ” i.e., as being most holy ( ).

‏ Leviticus 5:13

But if any one could not afford even two pigeons, he was to offer the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin-offering. ידו תּשּׂיג for ידו תּגּיע (Lev 5:7): his hand reaches to anything, is able to raise it, or with an accusative, obtains, gets anything (used in the same sense in Lev 14:30, Lev 14:31), or else absolutely, acquires, or gets rich (Lev 25:26, Lev 25:47). But it was to be offered without oil and incense, because it was a sin-offering, that is to say, “because it was not to have the character of a minchah” (Oehler). But the reason why it was not to have this character was, that only those who were in a state of grace could offer a minchah, and not a man who had fallen from grace through sin. As such a man could not offer to the Lord the fruits of the Spirit of God and of prayer, he was not allowed to add oil and incense, as symbols of the Spirit and praise of God, to the sacrifice with which he sought the forgiveness of sin. The priest was to take a handful of the meal offered, and burn it upon the altar as a memorial, and thus make atonement for the sinner on account of his sin. - On “his handful” and “a memorial” (Azcarah), see Lev 2:2. “In one of these” (Lev 5:13 as in Lev 5:5): cf. Lev 4:2. “And let it (the remainder of the meal offered) belong to the priest like the meat-offering:” i.e., as being most holy (Lev 2:3).