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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:1-7
Human ownership and dishonesty. From the Divine directions here given as to the trespass offering, in the case of wrong between man and man, we gather— I. THAT GOD ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER HIS GIFTS AS BELONGING TO OURSELV…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:1-7
Restitution. This paragraph ought to have been included in the preceding chapter, as it is the conclusion of the subject there considered. The last paragraphs treated of sacrilege, or trespass in the holy things of God;…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:1-7
Trespasses done wittingly. These were acts of lying, fraud, deceit, violence, or any social wrong involving conscious trespass on the rights of our neighbour. I. SOCIAL MORALITY RESTS UPON RELIGION. Offenses against nei…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:1-7
Dishonesty atoned for. The rebukes tacitly administered by the Law in cases of unjust dealing are neither effete nor unnecessary in modern days. The practices here reprehended still survive, commercial immorality is eve…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:2
This verse would be better translated as follows:—If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and falsely deny to his neighbour something that was delivered to him to keep, or something that he had received i…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:3
Or have found that which was lost. Cf. Deuteronomy 22:2, Deuteronomy 22:3, "Thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. In…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:3
Swearing falsely is in an especial manner a sin against God, because in an oath an appeal is directly made to God, and if the thing sworn to is false, God is called to witness to a thing as true which the swearer knows…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:3
Sin a germ as well as a fruit. It is contemplated by the Supreme Legislator, that if a man once cherish a dishonest thought, he will probably go beyond fraud to falsehood ("and lieth"), and, when necessary, from falseho…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:4
As before, the profit gained by fraud or violence is to be given up, and with it a fine is to be paid, amounting to one-fifth of the value of the thing appropriated.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:5
In the day of his trespass offering is a better rendering than that of the margin, "in the day of his being found guilty," or" in the day of his trespass." The reparation is to take place, and immediately afterwards the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:5
Repentance, confession, satisfaction, absolution, follow each other in order. Without repentance confession is vain; without confession satisfaction is impracticable; without satisfaction there is no absolution. In the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-13
(See note on Le Leviticus 1:3.) The further ritual of the burnt offering is exhibited in the particular instance of the lamb sacrificed every evening (Exodus 29:33). In other cases the ritual was to be the same. Instead…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-30
EXPOSITION The following section (Leviticus 6:8 - Leviticus 7:38) is a supplement to chapter 1-6:7, containing the regulations addressed to the priests relating to the ritual of the several sacrifices. Leviticus 6:8-13…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-30
The priests' ritual. Hitherto the command had been, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them" (Leviticus 1:2; Leviticus 4:2); Command Aaron and his sons;" the reason being that the injunctions which follow…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-30
Quench not the Spirit. Cf. Ephesians 4:30; I Thessalonians Ephesians 5:19. We have here sundry sacrificial laws enabling us the better to understand the details of the preceding sacrifices; but the cardinal idea in them…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-13
The law of the burnt offering. With this paragraph the Jews begin the twenty-fifth section of the Law; and, as a new subject is here introduced, this ought to have been the commencement of the chapter. In some of the be…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-13
Three principles of piety. We gather from this clause— I. THAT HOLINESS BECOMES THE HOUSE OF GOD. It seems generally agreed that the linen garments, in which the priests were to be robed when engaged in sacrificial acts…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-30
Instructions on the offerings for the priests. Leviticus 6:13, "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out." I. THE PERPETUITY OF RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION. 1. As springing out of the relation betwe…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:13
The ever-burning fire. The special directions for the benefit of the priests are fittingly separated from the instructions common to all the people. In front of the tabernacle stood the altar of burnt offering, and on t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:14-18
Fellowship with the Father. In these renewed directions (see Leviticus 2:1-16) concerning the meat offering, we have the striking expression, "I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings" (Leviticus 6:17…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:14-18
The further ritual of the meat offering (see note on Leviticus 2:1). The greater part of it is to be given to the priests, and they and the males of their families are to eat it without adding leaven to it. With unleave…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:14-23
The law of the meat offering. As the law of the burnt offering, laid down in the preceding paragraph, viz. in relation to the service of the priest, was before mentioned, more particularly in respect to the offerer, so…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:14-18
Meat offering. "All the males of the sons of Aaron shall eat of it," with unleavened bread, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. "It is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering." "E…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:19-23
The meat offering of the high priest at his institution. This was to be not of uncooked flour, but in the form of a pancake, made out of one-tenth of an ephah of flour. It, of course, accompanied the burnt offering appo…