Leviticus 2 - Introduction
_THE MEAT-OFFERINGS OF FLOUR WITH OIL AND INCENSE, AND OF THE FIRST-FRUITS IN THE EAR, ARE ENJOINED: SALT IS COMMANDED TO BE OFFERED WITH EVERY OBLATION._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE MEAT-OFFERINGS OF FLOUR WITH OIL AND INCENSE, AND OF THE FIRST-FRUITS IN THE EAR, ARE ENJOINED: SALT IS COMMANDED TO BE OFFERED WITH EVERY OBLATION._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
A MEAT-OFFERING— The words immediately following clearly shew what is meant by this offering; and, consequently, how ill it is rendered a _meat-offering._ מנחה _Minchah_ signifies any offering or present made to God, as a means of appearing his wrath; and it should certainly have been rendered here,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST SHALL BURN THE MEMORIAL OF IT— A part of it was to be burned in testimony of its being dedicated to God, and to be a _memorial_ to him of his covenant, and promise in the sacred Seed _Christ:_ accordingly Houbigant renders it _partem memoriolem:_ so it is said of Cornelius, that _his pray... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL BURN NO LEAVEN, NOR ANY HONEY— In our note on Exodus 12:8 we have assigned some reasons why _leaven_ was forbidden. It is more difficult to say why _honey_ was prohibited. It is certain, that _honey_ was very generally used by the heathens in their sacrifices; and, therefore, Spencer observ... [ Continue Reading ]
AS FOR THE OBLATION OF THE FIRST-FRUITS— The first-fruits of honey, as Bochart informs us, is that which is first gathered from the hives in the spring: this was to be offered, but not burned upon the altar; see Deuteronomy 26:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY OBLATION—SHALT THOU SEASON WITH SALT— _Leaven_ and _honey_ being forbidden, _salt_ is particularly enjoined to be offered with every oblation: and this, as some suppose, in opposition to the custom of the early heathens, who used no _salt,_ but _honey_ and other sweets, to season their sacrifi... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THOU OFFER A MEAT-OFFERING OF THY FIRST-FRUITS UNTO THE LORD, &C.— This offering seems to have been of a private nature: a public and national one of the same sort is enjoined, ch. Leviticus 23:10, &c. Le Clerc thinks this ceremony was in commemoration of the most ancient food, when men had not y... [ Continue Reading ]