And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, in token of the transfer of his sin to the animal as his substitute, as the victim destined to die in the worshiper's stead; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him, that his sins might be covered over before the face of the Lord. Note that here, as always, the acceptance of a substitute is in itself an act of grace and mercy on the part of the Lord.
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...
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;...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE OFFERINGS THE FOUNDATION OF HOLINESS 1. The Burnt Offering CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The bullock (Leviticus 1:1)_ 2. The sheep or the goat (Leviticus 1:10) 3. The doves or p...
LEVITICUS 1-7. THE LAW OF SACRIFICES: Burnt Offering (1), Meal Offering (2), Peace Offering (3), Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13), Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5:14), Directions chiefly...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in verses: Leviticus 1:4. PUT. Hebrew lean, place, or press. It could not be done by proxy. This was all that the sinner could do. It was for God...
_he shall lay his hand upon_ This ceremony is prescribed for animal sacrifices generally (1) for the Burnt-Offering here and Leviticus 8:18; Exodus 29:15; (2) for the Peace-Offering Leviticus 3:2;...
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 ...
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...
b. THE BURNT OFFERING 1:3-17 TEXT 1:3-17 3 If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he ma...
_AND HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE BURNT OFFERING; AND IT SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR HIM TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR HIM._ Shall put his hand upon the head. This was a significant act, which implie...
1:4 burnt-offering; (b-12) The Hebrew words for the four offerings are. _ olah_ -- burnt-offering; _ minchah_ -- food-offering; _ shelem_ -- peace-offering; _ chataath_ -- sin-offering. See Psalms 40...
THE BURNT OFFERING This is mentioned first as being the most general form of sacrifice. Its characteristic feature is the consumption of the entire animal by fire upon the altar, for which reason it i...
PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD] This signifies the surrender of the animal to God, and, though this is not so clear, the transference of the offerer's guilt to it. In doing so he made a confession of his...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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...
וְ סָמַ֣ךְ יָדֹ֔ו עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הָ עֹלָ֑ה
SACRIFICE: THE BURNT OFFERING Leviticus 1:2 THE voice of Jehovah which had spoken not long before from Sinai, now speaks from out "the tent of meeting." There was a reason for the change. For Israel...
BURNED-OFFERINGS OF THE HERD, FLOCKS AND FOWLS Leviticus 1:1 Jehovah speaks with Moses, not from Sinai's summit, but from the Tabernacle, because He has come to dwell with men on the earth. Compare E...
The Book of Leviticus is the Book of Laws. It first deals with laws of dedication concerning the offerings, all of which have to do with the divine provision for the people's approach to Jehovah in wo...
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...
Was not this laying of the hand upon the head of the sacrifice, meant to testify the transferring of the guilt of him that offered the sacrifice, upon the sacrifice itself, and presenting it thus to G...
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
God speaks not from Sinai, but out of the tabernacle, where He is sought; where, according to the pattern of His glory, but according also to the need of those who seek His presence, He is in relation...
AND HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND ON THE HEAD OF THE BURNT OFFERING,.... According to the Targum of Jonathan, it was his right hand; but it is generally thought by the Jewish writers that both hands were laid...
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Ver. 4. _And he shall put his hand._] As acknowledging his own guilt, and tr...
_He shall put his hand_ Both his hands; Leviticus 8:14; Leviticus 8:18; Leviticus 16:21; whereby he signified, 1st. That he willingly gave it to the Lord; 2d, That he judged himself worthy of that dea...
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...
THE BURNT OFFERING (A) A BULL (vv. 1-9) The first verse is significant of the character of the whole book of Leviticus. The Lord speaks to Moses from the tabernacle, His place of dwelling among the...
3-9 In the due performance of the Levitical ordinances, the mysteries of the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects; and future events are exhibited in these rites. Without...
HIS HAND, i.e. both his hands, LEVITICUS 8:14,18 LEVITICUS 16:21; a common enallage. UPON THE HEAD OF THE BURNT-OFFERING; whereby he signified, 1. That he willingly gave it to the Lord. 2. That he di...
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...
Leviticus 1:4 put H5564 (H8804) hand H3027 head H7218 offering H5930 accepted H7521 (H8738) atonement H3722 ...
THE OFFERING OF A BULL-OX (LEVITICUS 1:3). The bull-ox was the most costly of offerings, and would be made by the very wealthy offerer or when the offering was to be of supreme importance, e.g. when i...
PUT HIS HAND UPON The laying of the offerer's hand signified acceptance and identification if himself with his offering. In type it answered to the believer's faith accepting and identifying himself...
Leviticus 1:1 I. The very same voice which proclaimed the commandments on Sinai is here said to announce the nature of the sacrifices, and how, when, and by whom they are to be presented. The unseen...
CONTENTS: The burnt offering laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron's sons. CONCLUSION: Utter dependence upon the sacrifices, typifying the great sacrifice of Christ on which the iniquity of us all was...
Leviticus 1:4. _Make atonement for him,_ he having first laid his hand on the head of the bullock, and confessed his sin. A burnt-offering for sin is here mentioned as the first of all the sacrifices,...
_He shall put his hand upon the head._ PUTTING THE HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE SACRIFICE Two matters were essential in the sacrifices of the ceremonial law; and you have them both in our text: “He shal...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 1:1 Five Major Offerings. Leviticus 1:1 describes five major offerings, each with its own characteristics....
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 1:3 The bull offered in sacrifice must be WITHOUT BLEMISH. It should have no physical defects (Leviticus 22:22) that would lessen i
The Law of the Burnt Sacrifices SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 1:1.—Lord called … and spake. From within the Tabernacle: God’s first habitation among men. Never before had He “dwelt with men on the ea...
PART I THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING SACRIFICES EXPOSITION THE SACRIFICES (chapters 1-7). There are five classes of sacrifices instituted or regulated in the first seven chapters of Leviticus,...
As we get into Leviticus we get into the various offerings and the method by which they were to be offered unto the Lord. It is getting into a system that is very foreign to us, because it is a covena...
1 John 2:2; 2 Chronicles 29:23; 2 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Corinthians 5:20;...
THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS IN LEVITICUS Leviticus 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the sacrifices begins in the Bible immediately after the story of man's sin. It was then that God took the skin of...
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...