AND. This connects Leviticus very closely with Exodus, as Exodus is linked with Genesis. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Whose glory filled the tabernacle, Exodus 40:35. No other book contains so many words of Jehovah: "Jehovah spake", thirty-six times (see note on Leviticus 5:14); "I am Jehovah", twe... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. SAY. Compare note on Jeremiah 7:22; Jeremiah 7:23. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam_ (App-14), i.e.. descendant of Adam, not the priests. OFFERING. Hebrew. _korban,_ admittance, entrance, or access offering. See App-43. All the offerings were what God had first given to man; only such can be a... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehovah begins with the burnt offering and ends with the sin offering: we, in our approach, begin with the sin offering and end with the burnt offering. BURNT SACRIFICE. Hebrew. _'olah._ See App-43. MALE.. female permitted in some other offerings, but not here, because of the type. Christ not the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to accept. MAKE ATONEMENT. Hebrew. _kaphar,_ to cover the sinner and his sin, so that neither is s... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. The sacrificer himself killed: the priest received the blood. THE PRIESTS, AARON'S SONS. Hebrew. the sons of Aaron, the priests. Occurs seven times: Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 1:8; Leviticus 1:11; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 3:2.Numbers 10:8; Joshua 21:19. SPRINKLE. dash. Hebrew throw or jerk. DOO... [ Continue Reading ]
FLAY. have it flayed. Skin not offered with burnt offering, only with the sin offering. CUT IT... PIECES. To show that all was without blemish.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIEST. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Syriac, read plural, "priests". WOOD. logs. No other fuel might be used.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ORDER. Because with the future Antitype all was to be in order.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Vulg, read "they". WASH. To render the sacrifice like the Antitype. Compare Eph 6:26, all in order of God's word. BURN. Hebrew. _katar._ See App-43. OFFERING. Hebrew. _'ishsheh._ App-43. SWEET SAVOUR. a savour of satisfaction. Compare Genesis 8:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST. To make up for the humble offering, the priest did this instead of the offerer.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEATHERS, or filth.... [ Continue Reading ]