Likewise this [is] the law of the trespass offering: it [is] most
holy.
Ver. 1. _Of the trespass offering._] Heb., _Asham, Piaculum, quo
peccatum expiabatur._ How it differed from the sin offering is hard to
determine.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the
trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about
upon the altar.
Ver. 2. _In the place._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 1:11 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards,
Ver. 3. _That covereth the inwards._] "My son, give me thy heart." See
Psa 51:6 Jeremiah 4:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, which [is] by the
flanks, and the caul [that is] above the liver, with the kidneys, it
shall he take away:
Ver. 4. _And the two kidneys._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 3:4 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar [for] an offering made
by fire unto the LORD: it [is] a trespass offering.
Ver. 5. _It is a trespass offering._] And, as in the sin offering, the
priest was to have the remainder. They had many a good morsel besides
their tithes and lands.... [ Continue Reading ]
As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is]
one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall
have [it].
Ver. 7. _As the sin offering is._] They were distinct then. See
Leviticus 7:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, [even] the
priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he
hath offered.
Ver. 8. _The priest shall have to himself._] It is a sign of gasping
devotion when men are so straithanded to their ministers, who should
have part of... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that
offereth it.
Ver. 9. _And all the meat offering._] Which seems to be so called,
partly because it went as meat unto the priest - the labourer is
surely worthy of... [ Continue Reading ]
And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons
of Aaron have, one [as much] as another.
Ver. 10. _Have, one as much as another._] In their father's house was
bread enough. "Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priest's offices,
that I may eat a piece of bread." 1Sa 2:36 This... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
shall offer unto the LORD.
Ver. 11. _Sacrifice of peace offerings._] Or, pay offering. See Psalms
116:14. "I will pay," or, I will perfect. Fitly; for a vow, till paid,
is an imperfect thing.... [ Continue Reading ]
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the
sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and
unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of
fine flour, fried.
Ver. 12. _Unleavened cakes._] There must be sincerity in all our
services; for else... [ Continue Reading ]
Besides the cakes, he shall offer [for] his offering leavened bread
with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
Ver. 13. _Leavened bread._] Lo, leavened bread will pass in a peace
offering: God for Christ's sake rejects not the services of his
saints, though tainted with corruption.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation [for] an heave
offering unto the LORD, [and] it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth
the blood of the peace offerings.
Ver. 14. _For a heave offering._] So called, because it was heaved and
lifted up before the Lord, in token that they receive... [ Continue Reading ]
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving
shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any
of it until the morning.
Ver. 15. _Eaten the same day._] Thanks must be returned while mercies
are fresh; lest, as fish, they putrify with keeping. Eaten bre... [ Continue Reading ]
But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a vow, or a voluntary
offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his
sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
Ver. 16. _And on the morrow also._] This was not allowed in a thank
offering. Lev 7:15 Hereby God would... [ Continue Reading ]
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall
be burnt with fire.
Ver. 17. _On the third day._] Foreshadowing the resurrection of Christ
on the third day, whereby all legal ceremonies were abolished, and had
no use in the Church, but by accident; as he who bnildeth a vault,... [ Continue Reading ]
And if [any] of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be
eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall
it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination,
and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Ver. 18. _It shall be an abominati... [ Continue Reading ]
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean [thing] shall not be eaten; it
shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean
shall eat thereof.
Ver. 19. _Shall not be eaten._] Because not fit to represent Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the soul that eateth [of] the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, that [pertain] unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon
him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Ver. 20. _Having his uncleanness upon him._] To the unclean all things
are unclean, &c. Tit 1:15 _See Trapp on... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean [thing, as] the
uncleanness of man, or [any] unclean beast, or any abominable unclean
[thing], and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
which [pertain] unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from
his people.
Ver. 21. _Cut off f... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Ver. 22. _And the Lord spake unto Moses._] This is oft repeated to
draw attention and get authority. See 1 Thessalonians 2:13 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of
fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
Ver. 23. _No manner of fat._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 3:12 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall
in no wise eat of it.
Ver. 24. _Used in any other use._] Though not in sacrifice. Mud walls
may be made up of any refuse matter: not so the walls of a church or
p... [ Continue Reading ]
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth [it]
shall be cut off from his people.
Ver. 25. _Shall be cut off,_] _i.e., _ Shall be liable to God's
judgments.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or
of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Ver. 26. _Ye shall eat no manner of blood._] This signified, (1.) That
we should learn to honour holy things, and not to make a mock of them
by employing them to common use; (2.) That we should... [ Continue Reading ]
Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood, even that
soul shall be cut off from his people.
Ver. 27. _Whatsoever soul it be._] One would think this to be but a
_peccadillo:_ yet how fearfully is it threatened! No sin can be
little, because there is no little God to sin against.... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the
sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his
oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
Ver. 29. _Unto the Lord._] Not kill it in the camp, though there they
might eat it.... [ Continue Reading ]
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the
fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved
[for] a wave offering before the LORD.
Ver. 30. _His own hands._] Teaching them that they must live by their
own faith. Hab 2:5
_ May be waved._] Or, Shaken to... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall
be Aaron's and his sons'.
Ver. 31,32. The breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. And the right
shoulder.] To note that men must give their breasts and shoulders,
affections and actions, even their whole selves; first to the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest [for] an heave
offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
Ver. 32. See note in previous verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for [his] part.
Ver. 33. _He among the sons of Aaron._] The breast belonged to the
high priest and his family; but the right shoulder was for the priest
that did officiate, or do t... [ Continue Reading ]
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the
children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings,
and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a
statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
Ver. 34. _For the wave-breast, and the heaveshould... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is the portion] of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing
of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day
[when] he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's
office;
Ver. 35. _This is the portion of the anointing._] That is, Of the
anointed priests;... [ Continue Reading ]