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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Leviticus 1:4

Victim. To transfer all the curses due to him upon it, (Eusebius, Demon. i. 10,) and to testify that he gives it up entirely for the honour of God. (Lyranus) --- The Egyptians cut off the head of the victim, and vented upon it imprecations, begging that the gods would discharge upon it all the evils which they had deserved. Then they sold it to some foreigner, or threw it into the Nile. (Herod. ii. 39.) All nations seem to have acknowledged, that life would be given for life. Hanc animam vobis pro veliore damus: (Ovid, Fast. i.) and they had holocausts, in imitation of the Hebrews. (Bochart) --- Expiation. Hebrew, "it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him," provided he be in proper dispositions. (Menochius) --- The primary intention of the holocaust was to honour God: but this insured his favour also, and pardon. (Du Hamel)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 of...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE BURNT OFFERING - The usual ceremony. By it the sacrificer identified himself with his victim Leviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:8; Leviticus 4:15;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Leviticus 1:3-17. The Burnt-Offering For general remarks on the Burnt-Offering see on Leviticus 6:9. Three varieties may be brought, viz. (_a_) Bullock (Leviticus 1:3-9), (_b_) Sheep or Goat ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE BURNT-OFFERING— See note on Exodus 29:10 and Leviticus 16:21. The same custom in sacrificing was common in Egypt. The offerer, [in this holy sacrifice,] says...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND. — Or, _lay his hand,_ as the same phrase is rendered in Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 3:17, &c. The laying on of hands by the offerer on the victim was enjoined not only in the c...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ סָמַ֣ךְ יָדֹ֔ו עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הָ עֹלָ֑ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The burnt offerings 3 Of the herd, 10 Of the flockes, 13 Of the foules. 1 AND the LORD called vnto Moses, and spake vnto him out of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying, 2 Speake vnto the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE HERD...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Ere entering upon the details of the chapter before us, there are two things which demand our careful consideration; namely, first, Jehovah's position; and, secondly, the order in which the offerings...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 1:4 put H5564 (H8804) hand H3027 head H7218 offering H5930 accepted H7521 (H8738) atonement H3722 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:2; 2 Chronicles 29:23; 2 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Corinthians 5:20;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He shall put his hand — Both his hands, Leviticus 8:14, Leviticus 8:18, and Leviticus 16:21. Whereby he signified, that he willingly gave it to the Lord. That he judged himself worthy of that death wh...

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