VII. (1) LIKEWISE THIS IS THE LAW.... — Better, _and this is the law:,_ &c. Just as Leviticus 6:24 contains additional regulations addressed to the priest about the rites of the sin offering, so Leviticus 7:1 gives more precise instructions about the trespass offering, supplementing Leviticus 5:1,... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE PLACE WHERE THEY KILL. — That is, the north side of the altar (Leviticus 1:11). SHALL THEY KILL THE TRESPASS OFFERING. — That is, the people who bring these sacrifices shall kill them, since the offerers themselves slaughtered the victim. (See Leviticus 1:5.) THE BLOOD THEREOF SHALL HE SPRIN... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL OFFER. — For the regulations here described, see Leviticus 3:3; Leviticus 3:8, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PRIEST SHALL BURN. — These fat pieces he shall burn, as in the case of the sin offering and peace offering (Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 4:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS ONE LAW FOR THEM. — That is, the same rule, as stated in Leviticus 6:27, applies to both the sin offering and the trespass offering; hence what is omitted in the regulation of the one must be supplied from the directions given in the other.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST SHALL HAVE TO HIMSELF THE SKIN. — As the skin was the only part not consumed by the fire, in the case of the burnt offering, it fell to the share of the officiating priest. According to the rule which obtained during the second Temple, all the skins of the most holy things belonged to the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THE MEAT OFFERING. — Better, _every meat offering._ That is, dressed in whichever of the three ways here mentioned. (See Leviticus 2:4.) SHALL BE THE PRIEST’S. — With the exception of the memorial part, which was burnt upon the altar (see Leviticus 2:4), the whole was to go to the particula... [ Continue Reading ]
AND EVERY MEAT OFFERING... AND DRY. — Better, _but every meat offering_... _or dry._ The only exception to the foregoing rule is the raw flour offering. That is, the voluntary offering of flour which was mingled with oil (Leviticus 2:1), or the poor man’s sin offering, which, though resembling a me... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS IS THE LAW OF THE SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS. — That is, the rites to be observed in connection with this sacrifice. As in the case of the sin offering (Leviticus 4:24 with Leviticus 6:24) and the trespass offering (Leviticus 5:1 with Leviticus 7:1), so here (Leviticus 7:11), we have more... [ Continue Reading ]
IF HE OFFER IT FOR A THANKSGIVING. — That is, acknowledgment of special mercies received from God, such as deliverance in travels, by land or sea, redemption from captivity, restoration to health, &c., enumerated in Psalms 107. It is to this sacrifice that the apostle alludes when he says, “By him t... [ Continue Reading ]
BESIDES THE CAKES. — That is, the thirty un leavened cakes which were made of half of the quantity of the flour brought by the offerer, as described in the previous verse, the ten leavened cakes made of the other half of the flour are to be brought. These had all to be baked before the victim was sl... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OF IT HE SHALL OFFER ONE OUT OF THE WHOLE. — Better, _and he shall offer of it one out of each._ That is, the officiating priest waves one of each of the four kinds of cakes before the Lord as a heave offering (see Exodus 29:24; Exodus 29:28), and is to have these four loaves as his portion, whi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE FLESH OF THE SACRIFICE. — That is, after the priest had the breast and the shoulder, the share of the victim which belongs to the offerer, together with the remaining loaves, he with his family and poor guests (see Deuteronomy 12:11) are to eat up before the morning, which at the time of the... [ Continue Reading ]
BE A VOW OR A VOLUNTARY offering. — The vow and the voluntary offering which constitute the second class of peace offerings are both entirely voluntary. The distinction between them, as defined by the canon law, which obtained in the time of Christ, is as follows : — A vow (_nçdçr_) is an obligation... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FLESH. — If, however, the sacrifices were very plentiful, or if through niggardliness of the owners a sufficient number of poor guests were not invited, so that the victim could not be eaten up within the time specified, all that remained on the third day was to be burnt.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF ANY OF THE FLESH... BE EATEN. — The owner of the sacrifice was responsible for the due observance of this injunction. If, through his neglect, any one ate of the sacrifice after the limited time here specified, the efficacy of the sacrifice was disannulled, and the offerer had to bring anothe... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE FLESH THAT TOUCHETH. — Not only does the sacrificial flesh become desecrated when left by itself beyond the prescribed period, but when it comes in contact with what is unclean, man, woman, or animal, which might happen whilst it is carried from the altar to the place where it is eaten, it b... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE SOUL THAT EATETH, &C — Any one who partakes of the Lord’s holy peace offering in a state of legal defilement, arising either from contact with unclean men or objects (see Leviticus 11:8; Leviticus 15:1), incurs the penalty of excision.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. — This formula introduces a fresh communication made to the lawgiver (Leviticus 7:22), containing explanations and restrictions of the precept laid down in Leviticus 3:17, about the fat and blood of animals. The section before us, therefore, supplements and expands the... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL EAT NO MANNER OF FAT. — That is, the fat of beeves, sheep, or goats. The fat of these three kinds of sacrificial quadrupeds is prohibited, even when they are not killed as sacrifices, but when slaughtered for private consumption; but the fat of other tame or wild clean quadrupeds, as stags,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE FAT OF THE BEAST THAT DIETH OF ITSELF. — That is, of the aforesaid animals which died of any disease or accident, or were killed by wild beasts, and which, therefore, are entirely unclean (see Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:8), might be used for common purposes in ordinary life, such as makin... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FAT OF THE BEAST OF WHICH MEN OFFER AN OFFERING. — THAT is, the FAT OF beeves, sheep, or goats. (See Leviticus 7:23.) If he did it presumptuously he incurred the penalty of excision, and if he did it inadvertently he was beaten with forty stripes save one, and had to bring the sin offering appoi... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER YE SHALL EAT.... — Better, _and ye shall eat no blood in all your dwellings._ That is, this law is binding upon the Israelites wherever they may dwell. (See Leviticus 3:17.) WHETHER IT BE OF FOWL OR OF BEAST. — It extends to all fowls and quadrupeds, whether they are legally prescribed as... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF. — According to the law which obtained during the second Temple, the punishment of excision was only inflicted for eating the life-blood (see Leviticus 17:11), that is, the blood in which the life of the animal resides, and _the_ loss of which causes death. For eating the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. — With this formula, which, as we have seen, indicates a fresh communication made by the Lord to the lawgiver, additional precepts are introduced, regulating God’s portion of the peace offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT OFFERETH THE SACRIFICE OF HIS PEACE OFFERINGS. — That is, if his peace offering is one of the three aforementioned classes. (See Leviticus 7:11.) SHALL BRING HIS OBLATION. — That is, those portions of the peace offering which the offerer devoted to the Lord and to the officiating priest.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS OWN HANDS SHALL BRING. — This act the owner himself was to perform, and it was not to be deputed to any one else. The manner in which this rite was performed in the time of Christ was as follows: — The offerer killed the sacrifice, and the priest sprinkled the blood. The victim was then flayed,... [ Continue Reading ]
BY A STATUTE FOR EVER. — That is, the statute that these two parts of the peace offering are to be given to Aaron and his descendants who may officiate at this sacrifice, is binding upon the Israelites as long as the priesthood lasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE ANOINTING OF AARON AND OF THE ANOINTING OF HIS SONS. — Better, _this is the share of Aaron and the share of his sons._ That is, the wave breast and the heave shoulder.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED TO BE GIVEN THEM. — That is, this command is binding upon every offerer to give the before-mentioned parts to the officiating priests, since this is their right by virtue of their office.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE LAW... — This and the following verse sum up the whole sacrificial law contained in Leviticus 1-8 THE BURNT OFFERING. — Described in Leviticus 1:3, with its supplement, Leviticus 6:8. THE MEAT OFFERING. — Described in Leviticus 2:1, with its supplement, Leviticus 6:14. THE SIN OFFERIN... [ Continue Reading ]