Leviticus 3 - Introduction
CHAP. III. _THE PEACE-OFFERING OF THE HERD IS INSTITUTED; AS ALSO THAT OF THE FLOCK, WHICH MIGHT BE EITHER A LAMB, OR A GOAT._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAP. III. _THE PEACE-OFFERING OF THE HERD IS INSTITUTED; AS ALSO THAT OF THE FLOCK, WHICH MIGHT BE EITHER A LAMB, OR A GOAT._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
A SACRIFICE OF PEACE-OFFERING— שׁלמים _shelamim;_ so called, as eminently typifying the _peace_ and reconciliation of God with man, through the death of _Him_ who is our _Peace:_ for it should be particularly observed, that of these sacrifices both priest and people, and, therefore, in some sense, b... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL LAY HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF HIS OFFERING— "This _laying on of hands,"_ says Conradus, "signifies devotion and faith, with acknowledgment of the Divine benefits, for which we can offer nothing of our own, but only return to God what we have received; so that we may understand gratitude and... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FAT— i.e. What we call _the suet._ REFLECTIONS.—Peace-offerings were either to express their grateful acknowledgments for mercies received, or to second their prayers for some good which was desired. _Note;_ Christ is our Peace; and it is through him that we may make our requests with confidenc... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS THE FOOD OF THE OFFERING MADE BY FIRE— "The _food_ or _bread,"_ says Dr. Beaumont, i.e. "the flesh, which the fire on the altar was to eat up and consume." In the same idiom of speech, the gods of the heathens are said, Deuteronomy 32:38 to _eat the fat_ and _drink the wine,_ which was consume... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE TABERNACLE— _At the door of the tabernacle,_ as Leviticus 3:2. Dr. _Beaumont. Leviticus 3:16. All the fat is the Lord's_] Not strictly _all the fat,_ but that which lay upon the flesh, and might be separated from it; what we call _the suet;_ see Deuteronomy 32:14. Dr. Church justly observ... [ Continue Reading ]