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Leviticus 1:5

And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord, each worshiper, in a case of this kind, performing the function of a priest of the Lord, as a member of the kingdom of priests, Exodus 19:6. And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, as it was caught up in basins after the slaughter of the animal, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar, against its four sides, that is by the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. The last was an exclusive priestly function, and even the catching of the blood was performed by the Levites only in cases of emergency.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK - Tradition states that before the laying on of the hand, the victim was bound by a cord to a ring on the north side of the altar; as the words of the prayer were ended,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE OFFERINGS THE FOUNDATION OF HOLINESS 1. The Burnt Offering CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The bullock (Leviticus 1:1)_ 2. The sheep or the goat (Leviticus 1:10) 3. The doves or p...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 1-7. THE LAW OF SACRIFICES: Burnt Offering (1), Meal Offering (2), Peace Offering (3), Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13), Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5:14), Directions chiefly...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE. The sacrificer himself killed: the priest received the blood. THE PRIESTS, AARON'S SONS. Hebrew. the sons of Aaron, the priests. Occurs seven times: Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 1:8; Leviticus 1:11;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Leviticus 1:3-17. The Burnt-Offering For general remarks on the Burnt-Offering see on Leviticus 6:9. Three varieties may be brought, viz. (_a_) Bullock (Leviticus 1:3-9), (_b_) Sheep or Goat ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And he shall kill … flay … and cut it into its pieces_ Many would not be able to flay and divide an animal without assistance; it seems probable that these parts of the ritual were performed by some...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE PRIESTS—SHALL BRING THE BLOOD— This _blood,_ as Le Clerc observes, was to be offered by the priest alone, and served to remind the person who brought the victim, that he was in a sinful state,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. THE BURNT OFFERING 1:3-17 TEXT 1:3-17 3 If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he ma...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK BEFORE THE LORD: AND THE PRIESTS, AARON'S SONS, SHALL BRING THE BLOOD, AND SPRINKLE THE BLOOD ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ALTAR THAT IS BY THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CON...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:5 slaughter (f-4) Or 'kill,' and so elsewhere. bullock (g-6) Or 'calf.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BURNT OFFERING This is mentioned first as being the most general form of sacrifice. Its characteristic feature is the consumption of the entire animal by fire upon the altar, for which reason it i...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE SHALL KILL] The subject is the offerer. The blood represents the life, and is sprinkled upon the altar in token that the offerer yields his life to God, in expiation of his sins and in consecration...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK. — The sacrificer himself slaughtered the victim on the north side of the altar, by cutting its throat, while a priest or an assistant held a bowl under the neck to recei...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ שָׁחַ֛ט אֶת ־בֶּ֥ן הַ בָּקָ֖ר לִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE BURNT OFFERING (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 6:8 AFTER the laying on of the hand, the next sacrificial act was- THE KILLING OF THE VICTIM "And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BURNED-OFFERINGS OF THE HERD, FLOCKS AND FOWLS Leviticus 1:1 Jehovah speaks with Moses, not from Sinai's summit, but from the Tabernacle, because He has come to dwell with men on the earth. Compare E...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Book of Leviticus is the Book of Laws. It first deals with laws of dedication concerning the offerings, all of which have to do with the divine provision for the people's approach to Jehovah in wo...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And (d) he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the (e) altar that [is by] the door of the tabernacle o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _He, by the hands of the priests, (chap. x. 1,) as the Septuagint express it, "they shall immolate;" (Menochius) though we might infer from this text, that the person who offered the victim, had to sl...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Was not this killing of the bullock, a representation, that the Lord Jesus, should suffer by his death, on the cross, for the sins of his people? 1 Peter 3:18. And by the sprinkling of the blood, was...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._And he shall kill the bullock. _The ceremony of killing is subjoined, viz., that the priest should prepare the victim itself, and pour its blood upon the altar, for it was not allowable for a priva...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    God speaks not from Sinai, but out of the tabernacle, where He is sought; where, according to the pattern of His glory, but according also to the need of those who seek His presence, He is in relation...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK BEFORE THE LORD,.... That is, the man that brings the burnt offering, for no other is yet spoken of; and according to the traditions of the elders h, killing of the sacri...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that [is by] the door of the tabernacle of the co...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And he_ Either, 1st, The offerer, who is said to do it, namely, by the priest; for men are commonly said to do what they cause others to do, as John 4:1. Or, 2d, The priest, as it follows, or the Lev...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The burnt offerings 3 Of the herd, 10 Of the flockes, 13 Of the foules. 1 AND the LORD called vnto Moses, and spake vnto him out of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying, 2 Speake vnto the...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BURNT OFFERING (A) A BULL (vv. 1-9) The first verse is significant of the character of the whole book of Leviticus. The Lord speaks to Moses from the tabernacle, His place of dwelling among the...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    3-9 In the due performance of the Levitical ordinances, the mysteries of the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects; and future events are exhibited in these rites. Without...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE SHALL KILL; either, 1. The offerer, who is said to do it, to wit, by the priest; for men are commonly said to do what they cause others to do, as 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1,2. Or, 2. The priest, as it fo...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Ere entering upon the details of the chapter before us, there are two things which demand our careful consideration; namely, first, Jehovah's position; and, secondly, the order in which the offerings...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 1:5 kill H7819 (H8804) bull H1121 H1241 before H6440 LORD H3068 priests H3548 Aarons H175 sons...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE OFFERING OF A BULL-OX (LEVITICUS 1:3). The bull-ox was the most costly of offerings, and would be made by the very wealthy offerer or when the offering was to be of supreme importance, e.g. when i...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Leviticus 1:1 I. The very same voice which proclaimed the commandments on Sinai is here said to announce the nature of the sacrifices, and how, when, and by whom they are to be presented. The unseen...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The burnt offering laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron's sons. CONCLUSION: Utter dependence upon the sacrifices, typifying the great sacrifice of Christ on which the iniquity of us all was...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 1:4. _Make atonement for him,_ he having first laid his hand on the head of the bullock, and confessed his sin. A burnt-offering for sin is here mentioned as the first of all the sacrifices,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He shall kill the bullock _ SLAYING THE SACRIFICE I_._ Concerning the killing and slaying of the offering, our first point is that it was absolutely essential. 1. The pouring out of the blood of t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 1:1 Five Major Offerings. Leviticus 1:1 describes five major offerings, each with its own characteristics....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 1:5 Atonement is achieved through both the sacrifice and the priests who represent the Lord. FOOD OFFERING is not a specific name of an offering but a more general term for...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    The Law of the Burnt Sacrifices SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 1:1.—Lord called … and spake. From within the Tabernacle: God’s first habitation among men. Never before had He “dwelt with men on the ea...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART I THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING SACRIFICES EXPOSITION THE SACRIFICES (chapters 1-7). There are five classes of sacrifices instituted or regulated in the first seven chapters of Leviticus,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    As we get into Leviticus we get into the various offerings and the method by which they were to be offered unto the Lord. It is getting into a system that is very foreign to us, because it is a covena...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:2; 2 Chronicles 29:22; 2 Chronicles 35:11; Exodus 24:6;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS IN LEVITICUS Leviticus 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the sacrifices begins in the Bible immediately after the story of man's sin. It was then that God took the skin of...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And he — Either, the offerer, who is said to do it, namely, by the priest; for men are commonly said to do what they cause others to do, as John 4:1. the priest, as it follows, or the Levite, whose of...

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