Leviticus 9:1
_Come. From the consecration of the tabernacle, (Menochius) and of Aaron. --- Israel. The princes of the tribes. (Calmet) --- They were to offer sacrifice by the hands of their new priests._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come. From the consecration of the tabernacle, (Menochius) and of Aaron. --- Israel. The princes of the tribes. (Calmet) --- They were to offer sacrifice by the hands of their new priests._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Calf. As they had formerly adored a calf, so now they sacrifice one to God. (St. Jerome in Jer. vii.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Children. Samaritan and Septuagint, "the ancients," or princes of the people, for whom a he-goat is sacrificed. --- Old. Not above, though they might be younger._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Offering, &c. Hebrew simply, " and a flour-offering tempered with oil; for," &c. (Haydock) --- All these sacrifices were accompanied with an offering of this nature, as they were in imitation of a dinner presented to God. (Menochius) --- You. By the cloud, resting upon the tabernacle, or by fire pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thy sin. Christ needed not daily (as the other priests) to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's, Hebrews vii. 27._... [ Continue Reading ]
_The altar of holocausts; as he is yet considered only as a private person; afterwards he touches the altar of perfumes. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Burnt, or placed in order to be burnt by the fire sent by God, ver. 24. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Camp. According to the prescriptions given, chap. iv. 12._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Water. Hebrew adds, "he burnt them upon the holocaust, upon the altar."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_And expiating the altar. Hebrew, "he offered it (the goat) for sin, as the first," for himself, placing the parts of the victim upon his own holocaust. (Haydock) --- The Chaldean says, "he expiated the altar with the blood of the he-goat, as he did before."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Holocaust. Which were religiously observed every day. The law respecting the libations was given already, though it be related, Numbers xv. 4. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Elevating them. After which they were used by the priest, chap. vii. 31. (Calmet) --- As. Samaritan and some Hebrew manuscripts read, "as the Lord had commanded Moses." (Kennicott)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hands. Thus representing the form of a cross, on which Christ redeemed us; in memory of which we still make the same sign. (Worthington) --- Them. The blessing is recorded, Numbers vi. 24. And the Lord bless thee, &c. (Menochius) --- In blessing an individual, the priest laid his hands upon him; bu... [ Continue Reading ]
_Testimony. To offer incense, which always preceded the morning holocaust. --- Glory; or fire, probably issuing from the tabernacle, and consuming the victims in a moment. Thus God was pleased to shew his approbation of the priests and victims, (Calmet) and at the same time, to impress a religious a... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord: 2 Machabees ii. 10, explains this text. Fire came down from heaven, appearing like a flash of lightning, in the midst of the victims. (Josephus, Antiquities iii. 9.) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
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