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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 6:8-30
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 6:8-13
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 6:8-13
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 6:13
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…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:14-23
The law of the burnt-offerings put upon the priests a great deal of care and work; the flesh was wholly burnt, and the priests had nothing but the skin. But most of the meat-offering was their own. It is God's will that…
Law of the Meat-Offering. (b. c. 1490.)
LAW OF THE MEAT-OFFERING. (B. C. 1490.) The meat-offering was either that which was offered by the people or that by the priests at their consecration. Now, I. As to the common meat-offering, 1. Only a handful of it was…
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 6:14-23
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
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 6:14-18
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 6:19-23
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…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:19-23
Ministerial function, and obligation. This instruction is supplementary to that given in Exodus 29:1-46. We may gather from it— I. THAT ENTRANCE ON SACRED WORK SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SPECIAL SOLEMNITIES. The commenc…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:19-23
The high priest's offering in the day when he is anointed—a perpetual meat offering; offered not during the days of the anointing, but when it was completed, and it was wholly burnt. Fine flour baked as an oil-cake; not…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:24-30
The blood of the sin-offering was to be washed out of the clothes on which it should happen to be sprinkled, which signified the regard we ought to have to the blood of Christ, not counting it a common thing. The vessel…
Law of the Sin-Offering. (b. c. 1490.)
LAW OF THE SIN-OFFERING. (B. C. 1490.) We have here so much of the law of the sin-offering as did peculiarly concern the priests that offered it. As, 1. That it must be killed in the place where the burnt-offering was k…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:24-30
The law of the sin offering. This law comprehends a variety of particulars, which may be ranged under two heads— I. As IT RESPECTS THE BLEEDING. The particulars under this head are: 1. The place: "Where the burnt offeri…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:24-30
Further ritual of the sin offering (see note on Leviticus 4:2). The flesh of the sin offerings is to be eaten by the priests and the males of their families in the holy place, that is, within the precincts of the sanctu…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:24-30
Special regulations as to the sin offering. Peculiar sanctity of the flesh and blood of the sin offering, pointing to the atonement. In all cases, whether the sin offering of the people, or of the priest, or of the grea…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:25-29
The holiness of the sin offering. This offering was to expiate offenses committed directly against God, and which involved, therefore, the deeper wrong. A peculiar sacredness attached to the sacrifice. Only the priests…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 6:27-29
Communicated sanctity. When any victim had been presented in sacrifice to God, and had been slain, its blood (the "blood of atonement"), and also its flesh, became "most holy" (Leviticus 6:29). And whatsoever was touche…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 7:1-10
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offerings. The former expressed repentance and sorrow for sin,…
Law of the Trespass-Offering. (b. c. 1490.)
LAW OF THE TRESPASS-OFFERING. (B. C. 1490.) Observe here, 1. Concerning the trespass-offering, that, being much of the same nature with the sin-offering, it was to be governed by the same rules, Leviticus 7:6. When the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 7:1-38
EXPOSITION CONTINUATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRIESTS, RESPECTING THE RITUAL OF THE SACRIFICES. This chapter treats of the ritual of the trespass offering and the peace offerings, as the last…