Leviticus 1:1
Moses — Stood without, Exodus 40:35, waiting for God's call. The tabernacle — From the mercy — seat in the tabernacle.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moses — Stood without, Exodus 40:35, waiting for God's call. The tabernacle — From the mercy — seat in the tabernacle.... [ Continue Reading ]
There are divers kinds of sacrifices here prescribed, some by way of acknowledgment to God for mercies either desired or received; others by was of satisfaction to God for men's sins; others were mere exercises of devotion. And the reason why there were so many kinds of them was, partly a respect to... [ Continue Reading ]
A burnt sacrifice — Strictly so called, such as was to be all burnt, the skin excepted. For every sacrifice was burnt, more or less. The sacrifices signified that the whole man, in whose stead the sacrifice was offered, was to be entirely offered or devoted to God's service; and that the whole man d... [ Continue Reading ]
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 which it suffered in his stead; and that he laid his sins upon it with an eye to him upon whom God wou... [ Continue Reading ]
And he — Either, the offerer, who is said to do it, namely, by the priest; for men are commonly said to do what they cause others to do, as John 4:1. the priest, as it follows, or the Levite, whose office this was. Shall sprinkle the blood — Which was done in a considerable quantity, and whereby was... [ Continue Reading ]
Pieces — Namely, the head, and fat, and inwards, and legs, Leviticus 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Put fire — Or, dispose the fire, that is, blow it up, and put it together, so as it might be fit for the present work. For the fire there used and allowed came down from heaven, Leviticus 9:24, and was to be carefully preserved there, and all other fire was forbidden, Leviticus 10:1, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
The fat — All the fat was to be separated from the flesh, and to be put together, to increase the flame, and to consume the other parts of the sacrifice more speedily.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the inwards shall he wash — To signify the universal and perfect purity both of the inwards, or the heart, and of the legs, or ways or actions, which was in Christ, and which should be in all Christians. And he washed not only the parts now mentioned, but all the rest, the trunk of the body, and... [ Continue Reading ]
North — ward — Here this and other kinds of sacrifices were killed, Leviticus 6:25, and Leviticus 7:2, because here seems to have been the largest and most convenient place for that work, the altar being probably near the middle of the east — end of the building, and the entrance being on the south... [ Continue Reading ]
Turtle — doves — These birds were appointed for the poor who could not bring better. And these birds are preferred before others, partly because they were easily gotten, and partly because they are fit representations of Christ's chastity, and meekness, and gentleness, for which these birds are rema... [ Continue Reading ]
His head — From the rest of the body; as sufficiently appears, because this was to be burnt by itself, and the body afterwards, Leviticus 1:17. And whereas it is said Leviticus 5:8. He shall — wring his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder, that is spoken not of the burnt — offering a... [ Continue Reading ]
With its feathers — Or, with its dung or filth, contained in the crop and in the guts. On the east — Of the Tabernacle. Here the filth was cast, because this was the remotest place from the holy of holies, which was in the west — end; to teach us, that impure things and persons should not presume to... [ Continue Reading ]
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 neighbour as ourselves, is better than all burnt — offerings and sacrifices.... [ Continue Reading ]