The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 5:4
Redeeming promises. The reference in the text is to inconsiderate oaths: the hasty undertaking, before God, to do some act of piety or kindness on the one hand (swearing "to do good"), or of retribution and permissible punishment on the other (swearing "to do evil"). It is contemplated that such pledges into which the Divine Being is introduced, rashly and thoughtlessly taken, may be overlooked and remain unfulfilled. We learn— I. THAT THE FORMAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DIVINE ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 5:4
The ease of a man who had neglected to fulfill a thoughtless oath. If he sware to do evil, or to do good , that is, to do anything whatever, good or bad (see Numbers 24:13 ), and failed to fulfill his oath from carelessness or negligence, he too must bring his offering, as above. read more