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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 4:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:15 The Hebrew term for elders is related to the word for beard. It implies mature but not necessarily elderly individuals. They were leaders of the community—typically, heads of families and tribes (cp. Exod 18:21-26; Deut 22:15-19). For this offering, the elders represented the entire people, as they would later in anointing David as king (2 Sam 5:3).
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