Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Leviticus 1:17
Shall not divide it asunder; shall cleave the bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other, and so as there may be a wing left on each side. See Genesis 15:10.
Shall not divide it asunder; shall cleave the bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other, and so as there may be a wing left on each side. See Genesis 15:10.
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...
BIRDS. This class is not mentioned in Leviticus 1:2, and may be a later addition to the list of possible offerings (it is not referred to in the narrative books of OT) for the sake of the poor (Luke 2...
(_c) Fowls_(14 17) This kind of offering is not included in the general introduction in Leviticus 1:2. The ritual is slightly altered; the laying the hand on the victim is omitted, the bringing in th...
_rend it by the wings thereof_ The action corresponds to that of dividing into parts (Leviticus 1:6 and Leviticus 1:12), but because of the small size of the bird the division is not completed. _a swe...
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 IF THE BURNT SACRIFICE FOR HIS OFFERING TO THE LORD BE OF FOWLS, THEN HE SHALL BRING HIS OFFERING OF TURTLEDOVES, OR OF YOUNG PIGEONS._ If the burnt sacrifice ... be of fowls. The gentle nature...
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...
A SWEET SAVOUR] see on Exodus 29:18. THE LAW OF SACRIFICE What is recorded here is not the institution of the rite of sacrifice, which is assumed to be already in existence (see Leviticus 1:2), but i...
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 CLEAVE IT WITH THE WINGS THEREOF. — Before placing it on the altar fire the priest made an incision in the wings, without, however, separating them wholly from the body, thus correspondin...
וְ שִׁסַּ֨ע אֹתֹ֣ו בִ כְנָפָיו֮ לֹ֣א יַבְדִּי
THE BURNT OFFERING (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 6:8 AFTER the laying on of the hand, the next sacrificial act was- THE KILLING OF THE VICTIM "And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord....
Leviticus 1:10 THE SACRIFICIAL BURNING Leviticus 1:6; Leviticus 1:10; Leviticus 1:14 "And he shall flay the burn
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...
_Pinions, as if it were to be roasted. Eusebius remarks, that the pagans plunged their birds into the sea, then poured the blood round the altar, and afterwards burnt them. Abram did not divide the bi...
REFLECTIONS PAUSE my soul, over the perusal of these shadowy representations, and under a most perfect conviction, that neither the blood of beasts, nor of birds, can take away sin, behold in them the...
So again, the same appointment, only as the things themselves made the difference necessary in the offering of them. But all pointed to JESUS, as the one all-sufficient sacrifice. Hebrews 10:4....
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 CLEAVE IT WITH THE WINGS THEREOF,.... One wing being on one side, and the other on the other side: BUT SHALL NOT DIVIDE IT ASUNDER; the body of the bird, though it was cleaved down in th...
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, [but] shall not divide [it] asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that [is] upon the fire: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an of...
_He shall cleave_ The bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other. _A sweet savour unto the Lord _ Yet, after all, “to love God with all our hearts, and to lov...
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...
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, split it open lengthwise, or make an incision at its wings, BUT SHALL NOT DIVIDE IT ASUNDER; AND THE PRIEST SHALL BURN IT UPON THE ALTAR, UP ON THE WOOD...
OF FOWLS...
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...
10-17 Those who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-dove, or a pigeon. Those creatures w...
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 1:17 split H8156 (H8765) wings H3671 completely H914 (H8686) priest H3548 burn H6999 (H8689) altar...
THE ALTERNATIVE OFFERING OF BIRDS (LEVITICUS 1:14). A further offering was available as an alternative for the poorer members of the community. It differs in presentation because of the nature of the...
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,...
_Bring his offering of turtledoves._ THE BURNT SACRIFICE OF BIRDS I. We observe, in the first place, that worship and dedication to god are the general ideas connected with sacrifices in the sacred s...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 1:14 Despite its small size, the burnt offering of a bird is acceptable to God. He considers it a PLEASING AROMA. ⇐
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 Peter 1:19; 1 Peter 3:18; Genesis 15:10; Genesis 8:21; Hebrews 10:6
He shall cleave the bird through the whole length, yet so as not to separate the one side from the other. A sweet savour unto the Lord — Yet after all, to love God with all our hearts, and to love our...