THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES CALLED LEVITICUS -Year before the common Year of Christ, 1490. -Julian Period, 3224. -Cycle of the Sun, 27. -Dominical Letter, D. -Cycle of the Moon, 9. -Indiction, 6. -Creation from Tisri or September, 2514. CHAPTER I _The Lord calls to Moses out of the tabernacle,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:2. _BRING AN OFFERING_] The word קרבן _korban_, from קרב _karab_, to _approach_ or _draw near_, signifies an _offering_ or _gift_ by which a person had access unto God: and this receives light from the universal custom that prevails in the east, no man being permitted to approach t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:3. _BURNT-SACRIFICE_] The most important of all the sacrifices offered to God; called by the Septuagint ολοκαυτωμα, because it was _wholly consumed_, which was not the case in any other offering. Leviticus 7:38. _HIS OWN VOLUNTARY WILL_] לרצנו _lirtsono, to gain himself_ _acceptan... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:4. _HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE_ _BURNT-OFFERING_] By the imposition of hands the person bringing the victim acknowledged, 1. The sacrifice as his own. 2. That he offered it as an atonement for his sins. 3. That he was worthy of death because he _had_ sinned, havi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:6. _HE SHALL FLAY_] Probably meaning the _person who_ _brought the sacrifice_, who, according to some of the rabbins, killed, flayed, cut up, and washed the sacrifice, and then presented the parts and the blood to the priest, that he might burn the one, and sprinkle the other upon... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:7. _PUT FIRE_] The fire that came out of the tabernacle from before the Lord, and which was kept perpetually burning; see Leviticus 9:24. Nor was it lawful to use any other fire in the service of God. See the case of Nadab and Abihu, Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 10:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:8. _THE PRIESTS - SHALL LAY THE PARTS_] The sacrifice was divided according to its larger joints. 1. After its blood was poured out, and the skin removed, the head was cut off. 2. They then opened it and took out the omentum, or caul, that invests the intestines. 3. They took ou... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:9. _AN OFFERING - OF A SWEET SAVOUR_] אשה ריח ניחוח _ishsheh reiach nichoach_, a _fire-offering_, an _odour of rest_, or, as the Septuagint express it, θυσια οσμη ευωδιας, "a sacrifice for a sweet-smelling savour;" which place St. Paul had evidently in view when he wrote Ephesians... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:10. _HIS OFFERING_ BE _OF THE FLOCKS_] Leviticus 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:12. _CUT IT INTO HIS PIECES_] Genesis 15:10, Genesis 15:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 1:16. _PLUCK AWAY HIS CROP WITH HIS FEATHERS_] In this sacrifice of fowls the head was violently wrung off, then the blood was poured out, then the feathers were plucked off, the breast was cut open, and the crop, stomach, and intestines taken out, and then the body was burnt. Though... [ Continue Reading ]