And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: Ver. 1. _Of fine flour._] No quantity is here prescribed, because it was a freewill offering: only it must be fine, no bran in it: to show the p... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:... [ Continue Reading ]
And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Ver. 3. Shall be Aaron's and his sons'.] As meat for them. Hence it was called a meat offering; and sent them to Christ, the meat that endureth unto life everl... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Ver. 4. _Unleavened cake of fine flour mingled with oil._] Sincerity is the mother of serenity; truth, of tranquillity.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. Ver. 5. _Baken in a pan._] Afterwards parted in pieces, and oil poured upon it: signifying the graces of God's Spirit wherewith Christ was fully anointed within and without, Psa 45:8... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it [is] a meat offering. Ver. 6. _And pour oil thereon._] Jacob was the first we read of that consecrated his offerings with oil. Gen 28:18 Probably he had it from his predecessors.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in the fryingpan, it shall be made [of] fine flour with oil. Ver. 7. _Baken in the frying pan._] So, My heart is frying of a good matter, saith David. Psa 45:1... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. Ver. 8. _He shall bring it unto the altar._] God would have all their offerings brought to one altar; both to figure out the one only all su... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn [it] upon the altar: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. Ver. 9. _A memorial thereof._] Signifying the perpetual benefit of Christ's death to all believers.... [ Continue Reading ]
And that which is left of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Ver. 10. Shall be Aaron's and his sons'.] Ministers' maintenance.... [ Continue Reading ]
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. Ver. 11. _Nor any honey._] Which hath a leavening virtue in it. Sweet sins are to be abandoned there will be bitterness in the end.... [ Continue Reading ]
As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. Ver. 12. _Ye shall offer them,_] i.e., With the firstfruits ye shall offer both leaven Lev 23:17 and honey. 2Ch 31:5 Both which are sometimes taken in the better p... [ Continue Reading ]
And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. Ver. 13. _Shalt thou season with salt._] Called here the salt of God's covenant; a... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, [even] corn beaten out of full ears. Ver. 14. _Green ears of corn._] To signify that God should be served with the firstfruits of our a... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it [is] a meat offering. Ver. 15. _And thou shalt put oil upon it._] Signifying the graces of God in Christ and his members, and the sweet odour of his oblation for us.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, [part] of the beaten corn thereof, and [part] of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: [it is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Ver. 16. _The memorial of it,_] i.e., The thing offered for a memorial.... [ Continue Reading ]