CHAPTER VI _Laws relative to detention of property intrusted to the care_ _of another, to robbery, and deceit_, 1, 2; _finding of goods lost, keeping them from their owner, and_ _swearing falsely_, 3. _Such a person shall not only restore what he has thus_ _unlawfully gotten, but shall add a_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:2. _LIE UNTO HIS NEIGHBOUR, C._] This must refer to a case in which a person delivered his property to his neighbour to be preserved for him, and took no witness to attest the delivery of the goods such a person therefore might deny that he had ever received such goods, for he who... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:3. _HAVE FOUND THAT WHICH WAS LOST_] The Roman lawyers laid it down as a sound maxim of jurisprudence, "that he who found any property and applied it to his own use, should be considered as a thief whether he knew the owner or not; for in their view the crime was not lessened, sup... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:5. _ALL THAT ABOUT WHICH HE HATH SWORN FALSELY_] This supposes the case of a man who, being convicted by his own conscience, comes forward and confesses his sin. _RESTORE IT IN THE PRINCIPAL_] The property itself if still remaining, or the full value of it, to which a _fifth_ part... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:6. _WITH THY ESTIMATION_] Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:8. _AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES_] At this verse the Jews begin the 25th section of the law; and here, undoubtedly, the 6th chapter should commence, as the writer enters upon a new subject, and the preceding verses belong to the _fifth_ chapter. The best edited Hebrew Bibles begin... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:9. _THIS IS THE LAW OF THE BURNT-OFFERING_] This law properly refers to that burnt-offering which was daily made in what was termed the _morning_ and _evening_ sacrifice; and as he had explained the nature of this burnt-offering in general, with its necessary ceremonies, as far as... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:11. _AND PUT ON OTHER GARMENTS_] The priests approached the altar in their holiest garments; when carrying the ashes, c., from the altar, they put on _other garments_, the holy garments being only used in the holy place. _CLEAN PLACE._] A place where no dead carcasses, dung, or fi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:13. _THE FIRE SHALL EVER BE BURNING_] See on Leviticus 6:9 and Leviticus 6:20. In imitation of this perpetual fire, the ancient Persian Magi, and their descendants the _Parsees_, kept up a perpetual fire; the latter continue it to the present day. This is strictly enjoined in the _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:14. _THE MEAT-OFFERING_] Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 2:1, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:15. _HIS HANDFUL OF THE FLOUR_] An _omer_ of flour, which was the _tenth part of an ephah_, and equal to about _three quarts_ of our measure, was the least quantity that could be offered even by the poorest sort, and this was generally accompanied with a _log_ of oil, which was a l... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:20. _IN THE DAY WHEN HE IS ANOINTED_] Not only _in_ that day, but _from_ that day forward, for this was to them and their successors a _statute for ever_. See Leviticus 6:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:23. _FOR EVERY MEAT-OFFERING FOR THE PRIEST SHALL BE_ _WHOLLY BURNT_] Whatever the priest offered was _wholly_ the Lord's, and therefore must be entirely consumed: the sacrifices of the common people were offered to the Lord, but the priests partook of them; and thus they who mini... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:25. _IN THE PLACE WHERE THE BURNT-OFFERING IS KILLED_, C.] The place here referred to was the north side of the altar. See Leviticus 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:26. _THE PRIEST - SHALL EAT IT_] From the expostulation of Moses with Aaron, Leviticus 10:17, we learn that the priest, by eating the sin-offering of the people, was considered as bearing their sin, and typically removing it from them: and besides, this was a part of their mainten... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:27. _WHATSOEVER SHALL TOUCH THE FLESH THEREOF SHALL BE_ _HOLY_] The following note of Mr. Ainsworth is not less judicious than it is pious:- "All this rite was peculiar to the sin-offering, (whether it were that which was to be eaten, or that which was to be burnt,) above all the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 6:28. _THE EARTHEN VESSEL - SHALL BE BROKEN_] Calmet states that this should be considered as implying the vessels brought by individuals to the court of the temple or tabernacle, and not of the vessels that belonged to the priests for the ordinary service. That the people dressed th... [ Continue Reading ]