Leviticus 7 - Introduction
_THE LAW OF THE TRESPASS-OFFERING, AND OF THE PEACE-OFFERINGS: THE FAT AND THE BLOOD ARE FORBIDDEN: THE PORTION ASSIGNED TO THE PRIESTS._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LAW OF THE TRESPASS-OFFERING, AND OF THE PEACE-OFFERINGS: THE FAT AND THE BLOOD ARE FORBIDDEN: THE PORTION ASSIGNED TO THE PRIESTS._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FAT THEREOF; THE RUMP AND THE FAT— Or, _the suet thereof; the tail, and the suet._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FAT—THE CAUL—ABOVE THE LIVER— Or, _the suet—the great lobe of the liver._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST SHALL HAVE TO HIMSELF THE SKIN OF THE BURNT-OFFERING— I subjoin here the learned note of Bishop Patrick: "All the _flesh_ of the _burnt-offerings_ being wholly consumed, as well as the _fat,_ upon the altar, (ch. Leviticus 1:8.) there was nothing that could fall to the share of the priest... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THE MEAT-OFFERING, &C.— See ch. Leviticus 2:6. The author of the Observations remarks, from some customs now prevailing among the Arabs, that the pouring oil on a meat-offering baken in a pan, and broken to pieces, was, according to the way of those times, when they would regale their friend... [ Continue Reading ]
IF HE OFFER IT FOR A THANKSGIVING— The sacred writer now proceeds to speak of _peace-offerings;_ which were of different sorts, and attended with different rites. They were either _gratulatory,_ as here, or _votive,_ or _voluntary;_ see Leviticus 7:16. What we render _for a thanksgiving,_ is, in the... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL OFFER—LEAVENED BREAD— In ch. Leviticus 2:11 all _leaven_ in _bread-offerings,_ is forbidden. Their opinion, therefore, seems most plausible, who think that this fine _leavened bread_ was not for the altar, but to be eaten by the priests together with the offerer and his friends, who feasted... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FLESH—SHALL BE EATEN THE SAME DAY— The offerer and his friends were to feast upon the sacrifice together: and to encourage hospitality, and to secure a portion for the poor, the whole sacrifice was to be consumed the same day that it was offered.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THE SACRIFICE OF HIS OFFERING BE A VOW, OR A VOLUNTARY OFFERING— We find in chap. Leviticus 22:23 the _votive_ and _voluntary offerings_ plainly distinguished; but it is not easy for us to assign the reasons of the different rites enjoined for these and the _gratulatory_ offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE— Excluded from all the privileges of an Israelite; see Genesis 17:14. The intention of all these precepts, Bishop Patrick observes, was to preserve greater reverence and regard to sacred things.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE WAVE-BREAST, &C.— See 1 Corinthians 9:13. The equity of this law remains for ever: they who minister at the altar certainly ought to live by the altar. And they who honour God will have a regard about the becoming maintenance of his ministers, and share their morsel with them. We may also ob... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE ANOINTING— There is nothing for _portion_ in the original: the Hebrew is, _this is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons;_ by which is meant, "this is the _privilege_ or _portion_ of their unction or appointment to the priest's office." Ainsworth has given... [ Continue Reading ]
IN MOUNT SINAI— Some would read here, _by_ or _near mount Sinai,_ because these laws were delivered from the tabernacle, (ch. Leviticus 1:1.) while the people were yet in the wilderness of Sinai: but it is very probable that they were also delivered to Moses while in the mount, together with other o... [ Continue Reading ]