“If you are called to testify about something you have seen or that you know about, it is sinful to refuse to testify, and you will be punished for your sin. (Leviticus 5:1)
To testify about God’s goodness is our responsibility.
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. (2 Timothy 1:8 NIV)
Jesus did not let him, but said, ‘Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.’ (Mark 5:19 NIV)
“Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that is ceremonially unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean animal. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your defilement and your guilt. This is true whether it is a wild animal, a domestic animal, or an animal that scurries along the ground. (Leviticus 5:2)
In the Old Testament, even touching something that was ceremonially unclean would defile a person, Don’t even touch a woman that is not your wife, your mother, your sister or daughter.
He did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass. (Judges 14:9)
Why didn’t Samson inform his parents that the honey was from a carcass? Because at that time in Israel’s history, touching the carcass of a dead animal was considered unclean (Leviticus 11). Samson, on the other hand, ate the honey and gave some to his parents, defiling himself and his parents.
The Trespass Offering
Here sin is looked at as a trespass against the government of God. Amends had to be made for the wrong done and the fifth part added to it. Atonement was made by the blood of the offering, and the trespasser was forgiven.
This offering presents Christ who died for our sins and trespasses on the cross restoring that which He took not away (Psalm 69:4). He has not only answered to God for our sins and paid our debt by His shed blood, but has added the fifth part, as it were, bringing more glory to God and more blessings to man than were had before sin was committed. This is the first view the sinner gets of the Cross of Christ. Psalm 69 and Matthew's Gospel present this aspect of the offering of Christ.