2 Kings 12:16 - Exposition

The trespass money. When a man had injured another, he was bound by the Law to make compensation to the injured party at the valuation of the priest, with the addition of one-fifth more than the value (Le 2 Kings 6:2-6 ; Numbers 5:6-8 ). The compensation was, primarily, to be made to the man himself; secondarily, if he were dead, to his nearest kinsman; finally, if he had left no kinsman, to the priest. And sin money. According to the Law, the priest was entitled to no money with a sin offering; but it seems to have become customary to make the priest who offered it a voluntary gift, to compensate him for his trouble. Such free gifts the priest was by the Law ( Numbers 5:10 ) entitled to receive. Was not brought into the house of the Lord — i.e. it was not deposited in the chest, or applied to the repairs, but— it was the priests'.