(_c_) Leviticus 6:1-7 [Heb. 5:20 26]. _Damage done to the property of another by fraud or violence_ This section of the laws regulating the Guilt-Offering has a special heading like that in Leviticus 5:14, introducing those laws, whereas the whole of the legislation with respect to the Sin-Offering... [ Continue Reading ]
_a matter of deposit_ if he has taken anything which was delivered him to keep. In ancient times when there were no banks or safe places where a man might deposit his private property, he was obliged to conceal anything of value which he possessed; sometimes he entrusted it to a friend for safe cust... [ Continue Reading ]
_that which was lost_ See Exodus 22:8-9. The two characteristics of the Guilt-Offering are (1) the sacrifice is the same for all classes, (2) restitution is required in full, together with a fifth part more.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) _The Burnt-Offering_(8 13) 9. _the burnt offering shall be on the hearth_ It is clear that the Burnt-Offering must rest on the wood that is kindled in order to consume it, and that some further support for both is needed. In the description of the altar in Exodus 27:1-8 no provision is made for... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 6:8 to Leviticus 7:38 [Hebrews 6:1-20; Hebrews 6:7]. The Second Part of the Law of Offerings See the analysis of this portion in Appendix I (_a_) where are given reasons for concluding that this group of laws is not by the same hand as the first, and that they have been collected by one w... [ Continue Reading ]
The instructions under eight heads are given through Moses to Aaron and his sons, here and in Leviticus 6:25. The commands in Leviticus 7:23; Leviticus 7:29 are addressed to the children of Israel. _This is the law of_ here and Leviticus 6:14_; Leviticus 6:25_, Leviticus 7:1; Leviticus 7:11. The reg... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priest shall put on_ in the morning. _his linen garment_ Perhaps the -coat of (in) chequer work" mentioned Exodus 28:4; Exodus 28:39. _his linen breeches_ Exodus 28:42. _and he shall take up_ The removal of the ashes was regarded as the completion of the sacrifice of the preceding day, and fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_beside the altar_ on the east part (Leviticus 1:16, there called the place of the ashes). _put off his garments_ Cp. Ezekiel 44:19 for the reason. For the danger to unconsecrated persons arising from what has been called -contagious holiness" as a feature of early religions see Rob.-Sm. _Rel. Sem.... [ Continue Reading ]
Further directions for keeping the fire continually burning. The first clause repeats the last of Leviticus 6:9 (see note there). The wood for the Burnt-Offering of the morning is kindled from the fire which has been kept in all night. It is clear that this instruction refers to the daily Burnt-Offe... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) _The Meal-Offering_(14 18) The injunctions of Leviticus 2:2-3 are repeated, almost in the same words in Leviticus 6:15 (as far as -his sons eat"): in what follows, the place of eating is fixed the court of the tent of meeting. In Leviticus 6:17 note the use of the first person, and the referenc... [ Continue Reading ]
_whosoever toucheth them shall be holy_ This does not mean that only priests who have properly purified themselves may touch the most holy things, but that anyone, priest or layman, who inadvertently comes in contact with anything that is -most holy," becomes holy (i.e. dedicated to God, and put at... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) _The Meal-Offering of the high priest_(19 23) 1 [48] [48] This section is omitted by the Alexandrine MS. of the LXX. The omission is probably accidental, and caused by the fact that sections 19 23 and 24 30 begin with the same words. These verses differ from the other precepts with reference t... [ Continue Reading ]
_the oblation of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer_ Heb. _bring near_as in Leviticus 1:2; not a priestly action, for that is assigned to Moses in the next verse. _in the day when he is anointed_ See above, and in the additional note on Leviticus 6:19. _the tenth part of an ephah_ See L... [ Continue Reading ]
_a baking pan_ See note on Leviticus 2:5. _when it is soaked baken_A.V. The Heb. word occurs only here and in Leviticus 7:12 (where see note), 1 Chronicles 23:29 (_fried_A.V.), and means something mixed. _in baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal offering_ lit. A MEAL OFFERING IN PIECES (cp. Leviti... [ Continue Reading ]
_the anointed priest that shall be in his stead_ The successors of Aaron in the high priestly office are to be anointed. In the ceremonial of Leviticus 8:12 f. (Exodus 29:7 f.) Aaron only is anointed; -the high priest among his brethren" is distinguished as the one -upon whose head the anointing oil... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) _The Sin-Offering_(24 30)... [ Continue Reading ]
The Sin-Offering must be killed in the same place as the Burnt-Offering (cp. Leviticus 1:11). This precept has already been given in Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 4:29; Leviticus 4:33, and is here extended to all Sin-Offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]
What remains after the sacrifice has been offered (except in the cases specified in Leviticus 6:30 and Leviticus 4:3-21) is -most holy" to be eaten in the same place and manner as the Meal-Offering (Leviticus 6:16). _in a holy place_ Here and in Leviticus 6:16 further designated as -the court of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whatsoever_ As rules for contact with a garment or vessels follow, the clause should probably be rendered as R.V. mg. _Whosoever_. So the LXX. _shall be holy] shall_become _holy_, as in Leviticus 6:18, where see note.... [ Continue Reading ]
The reason for breaking the earthen vessel was that, not being glazed as in modern fashion, it was absorbent; a brazen pot could be scoured, and all trace of the substance with which it had been in contact removed (cp. Leviticus 11:33; Leviticus 15:12). The remains of the broken earthen vessels were... [ Continue Reading ]
_Every male_ Even those disqualified by reason of a blemish from offering sacrifice might eat of it (cp. Leviticus 21:22-23).... [ Continue Reading ]
The rule here laid down applies to: (1) the first two cases of the Sin-Offering in Leviticus 4:3-21, where the place and manner of burning are specified in Leviticus 6:11_; Leviticus 6:21_; (2) the Sin-Offering on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:27-28). See note on Leviticus 10:16-20.... [ Continue Reading ]