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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:4
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him." A most significant commandment, full of gracious meaning for those who observed it. I. ALL ATON…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:5-9
Medication. The sacrificial act cannot be completed, though it can be begun, by the offerer alone. The intervention of God's priest is requisite, and it is his hand which performs the most solemn portion of the rite. Th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:5-9
The killing, flaying, and consuming of the victim. Full, throughout, of the idea of atonement. The three main elements are— I. The blood. II. the fire. III. The sweet savour unto the Lord. Consider— I. THE SPRINKLED BLO…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:5
And he shall kill the bullock. After having made the presentation, the offerer proceeds to the second part of the sacrifice, the immolation or slaying, which was to be performed before the Lord, that is, in front of the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:6
He shall flay the burnt offering. The hide was given to the priest (Leviticus 7:8). The whole of the remainder of the animal was consumed by the fire of the altar; none of it was eaten by the offerer and his friends as…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:7
The priest shall put fire upon the altar. The fire once kindled was never to be allowed to go out (Leviticus 6:13). Unless, therefore, these words refer to the first occasion only on which a burnt sacrifice was offered,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:8
And the priests shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order. The head and the fat are designated by name, because, with the "pieces," they complete the whole of the animal with the exception of the hide. The or…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:9
The priest shall burn all on the altar, etc. The fourth and last part of the sacrifice. The word employed is not the common term used for destroying by fire, but means "make to ascend." The life of the animal has alread…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:9
Our reasonable service. The burnt offering appears to have been the most general of the sacrifices presented to Jehovah, and to have had the widest significance. Its spiritual counterpart is furnished in Romans 12:1. Me…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 1:10-17
Those who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-dove, or a pigeon. Those creatures were chosen for sacrifice w…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 1:10-17
Here we have the laws concerning the burnt-offerings, which were of the flock or of the fowls. Those of the middle rank, that could not well afford to offer a bullock, would bring a sheep or a goat; and those that were…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:10-13
The offering from the flocks. Sheep or goat. This is a repetition of the same law as applied to the offering of lower value. The great spiritual fact is thus set forth that God is no respecter of persons. His Law applie…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:10-17
The burnt offering of the flock and of the fowls. The ceremony of the offering of the flock is almost identical with that of the herd described in the verses preceding. In that of the fowls there is a wider dissimilarit…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:10
If his offering be of the flocks. The ritual of the burnt offering was the same. whether the victim was a hull, sheep, or goat.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:11
He shall kill it on the side of the altar, northward before the Lord. In the sacrifice of the bullock it is only "before the Lord" (Leviticus 1:5). No doubt the same place is meant in both cases, but it is specified wit…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:14-17
The offering of fowls-turtle-doves or young pigeons. The great abundance of these birds in the East would make the provision one which was easy even for the poorest to fulfil. How gracious this appointment! God is no "h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:14
If the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls. A comparison of Le Leviticus 12:8 leads us to infer that the permission to offer a bird was a concession to poverty. The pigeon and the turtle-dove were t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:15
The priest shall bring it unto the altar. The difference in the ritual for the burnt sacrifice of fowls is: 1. That the offerer is not commanded to lay his hand on the bird. 2. That the altar is the place of maciation,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:16
With his feathers, rather the contents of the crop. This and the ashes are to be placed beside the altar on the east part, as being furthest from the tabernacle and nearest to the entrance of the court, so that they mig…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 2:1-11
Meat-offerings may typify Christ, as presented to God for us, and as being the Bread of life to our souls; but they rather seem to denote our obligation to God for the blessings of providence, and those good works which…
The Law of the Meat-Offering. (b. c. 1490.)
THE LAW OF THE MEAT-OFFERING. (B. C. 1490.) There were some meat-offerings that were only appendices to the burnt-offerings, as that which was offered with the daily sacrifice (Exodus 29:38-39) and with the peace-offeri…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 2:1-16
EXPOSITION THE MEAT OFFERING. The regulation of the burnt offering as a Levitical institution is immediately followed by a similar regulation of the meat offering, consisting of flour and oil, with salt and frankincense…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 2:1
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord. The word used in the original for "meat offering" (minchah), means, like its Greek equivalent, δῶρον, a gift made by an inferior to a superior. Thus the sacrifices…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 2:1-16
The meat offering. It consisted of a gift to God of the products of the earth most needed for the support of life—flour and oil, to which were added salt and frankincense, and it was generally accompanied by the drink o…