1._And when any will offer. _In this chapter Moses prescribes the rules for those offerings to which the name of _minha _is peculiarly given. They were not bloody sacrifices, nor offerings of animals, but only of cakes and oil. If any one would offer plain flour, he is commanded to season it with fr... [ Continue Reading ]
11._No meat-offering, which ye shall bring. _God here forbids leavened cakes to be offered to Him, by which rite the ancients were taught that God’s service is corrupted if any strange invention be mingled with it. Nor can it be doubted but that. Christ alluded to this when He warned His disciples t... [ Continue Reading ]
13._And every oblation of thy meat-offering. _The reason for salting the victims was very similar, viz., that God’s service might not be without savor; but the true seasoning which gives grace to sacrifices is found nowhere except in God’s word. Hence it follows that all modes of worship fabricated... [ Continue Reading ]
14._And if thou offer a meat-offering. _This offering is different from that of the first-fruits, since it was voluntary, whereas the first-fruits were paid in obedience to the enactment of the Law. But if any one chose to add anything to the first-fruits of his new corn, Moses lays down the rule, t... [ Continue Reading ]