if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found
This is the latter part of the law of the trespass-offering: the former part, which concerned trespasses about holy things, we had in the close of the foregoing chapter; this concerns trespasses in common things. Observe here, I. The trespass supposed, Lev 6:2, Lev 6:3.
Commenting on Leviticus 6:1-7
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned and is guilty,.... Owns his guilt through remorse of conscience, and makes a confession of it; or otherwise, upon conviction, without such confession he was to pay double, see Exo 22:7 whereas, in this case it is only ordered: that he shall restore that which he took violently away: whether money, goods, or cattle: or the thing...
The instructions contained in these two chapters were made known to “Aaron and his sons” (Lev 6:9, Lev 6:20, Lev 6:25), i.e., to the priests, and relate to the duties and rights which devolved upon, and pertained to, the priests in relation to the sacrifices.
Commenting on Leviticus 6:1-7