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Leviticus 1:17

rend it by the wings thereof The action corresponds to that of dividing into parts (Leviticus 1:6 and Leviticus 1:12), but because of the small size of the bird the division is not completed.

a sweet savour The offering of fowls is thus described, as well as the offerings of the herd and of the flock, to teach that, whether the offerer bring much or little, it is all one in the sight of God provided only that the heart be directed heavenwards. (Rashi, based on Talm. Menâḥoth.)

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  • 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

    BIRDS. This class is not mentioned in Leviticus 1:2, and may be a later addition to the list of possible offerings (it is not referred to in the narrative books of OT) for the sake of the poor (Luke 2...

  • 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 IF THE BURNT SACRIFICE FOR HIS OFFERING TO THE LORD BE OF FOWLS, THEN HE SHALL BRING HIS OFFERING OF TURTLEDOVES, OR OF YOUNG PIGEONS._ If the burnt sacrifice ... be of fowls. The gentle nature...

  • 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

    A SWEET SAVOUR] see on Exodus 29:18. THE LAW OF SACRIFICE What is recorded here is not the institution of the rite of sacrifice, which is assumed to be already in existence (see Leviticus 1:2), but i...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL CLEAVE IT WITH THE WINGS THEREOF. — Before placing it on the altar fire the priest made an incision in the wings, without, however, separating them wholly from the body, thus correspondin...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ שִׁסַּ֨ע אֹתֹ֣ו בִ כְנָפָיו֮ לֹ֣א יַבְדִּי

  • 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....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Leviticus 1:10 THE SACRIFICIAL BURNING Leviticus 1:6; Leviticus 1:10; Leviticus 1:14 "And he shall flay the burn

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Pinions, as if it were to be roasted. Eusebius remarks, that the pagans plunged their birds into the sea, then poured the blood round the altar, and afterwards burnt them. Abram did not divide the bi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    So again, the same appointment, only as the things themselves made the difference necessary in the offering of them. But all pointed to JESUS, as the one all-sufficient sacrifice. Hebrews 10:4....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • 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 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 CLEAVE IT WITH THE WINGS THEREOF,.... One wing being on one side, and the other on the other side: BUT SHALL NOT DIVIDE IT ASUNDER; the body of the bird, though it was cleaved down in th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, [but] shall not divide [it] asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that [is] upon the fire: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an of...

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

    _He shall cleave_ The bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other. _A sweet savour unto the Lord _ Yet, after all, “to love God with all our hearts, and to lov...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, split it open lengthwise, or make an incision at its wings, BUT SHALL NOT DIVIDE IT ASUNDER; AND THE PRIEST SHALL BURN IT UPON THE ALTAR, UP ON THE WOOD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF FOWLS...

  • 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

    10-17 Those who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-dove, or a pigeon. Those creatures w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL NOT DIVIDE IT ASUNDER; shall cleave the bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other, and so as there may be a wing left on each side. See GENESIS 15:10....

  • 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 1:17 split H8156 (H8765) wings H3671 completely H914 (H8686) priest H3548 burn H6999 (H8689) altar...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ALTERNATIVE OFFERING OF BIRDS (LEVITICUS 1:14). A further offering was available as an alternative for the poorer members of the community. It differs in presentation because of the nature of the...

  • 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

    _Bring his offering of turtledoves._ THE BURNT SACRIFICE OF BIRDS I. We observe, in the first place, that worship and dedication to god are the general ideas connected with sacrifices in the sacred s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 1:14 Despite its small size, the burnt offering of a bird is acceptable to God. He considers it a PLEASING AROMA. ⇐

  • 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 1:19; 1 Peter 3:18; Genesis 15:10; Genesis 8:21; Hebrews 10:6

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He shall cleave the bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other. A sweet savour unto the Lord — Yet after all, to love God with all our hearts, and to love our...

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