TRESPASS

An injury done to another, with more or less culpability. The Mosaic law required a trespasser not only to make satisfaction to the person injured, but by an offering at the altar to reconcile himself to the divine Governor, Le 5:1-19; 6:1-7; Ps 51:4. Christ repeatedly declares, that in order to be forgiven of God, we must be forgiving to men, Mt 6:14,15, and that no brother must have aught against us, Mt 5:23,24.

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TRESPASS. → General scriptures concerning Ex 22:9 → Of an ox Ex 21:28-36 → Of a brother Mt 18:15-18; Lu 17:3,4 → A creditor must not enter a debtor' s house to seize a pledge De 24:10 → Trespass offering
* See OFFERINGS

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trespass. Trespass, v. to sin, offend, enter or go unlawfully

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Tres″pass (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing.] [[OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. trépasser to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.]] 1. 1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. Ld. Berners. 2. 2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.
3. 3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.
4. 4. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; — often followed by against.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. 2 Chron. xxviii. 22.