CHAPTER II _The_ meat-offering _of_ flour _with_ oil _and_ incense, 1-3. _The_ oblation _of the meat-offering baked in the_ oven _and in_ _the_ pan, 4-6. _The meat-offering baked in the_ frying-pan, 7-10. _No_ leaven _nor_ honey _to be offered with the meat-offering_, 11. _The oblation of the_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:2. _HIS HANDFUL OF THE FLOUR_] This was for a _memorial_, to put God in mind of his covenant with their fathers, and to recall to _their_ mind his gracious conduct towards them and their ancestors. Mr. _Ainsworth_ properly remarks, "that there was neither _oil_ nor _incense_ offere... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:4. _BAKEN IN THE OVEN_] תנור _tannur_, from נר _nar_, to _split, divide_, says Mr. Parkhurst; and hence the _oven_, because of its burning, dissolving, and melting heat.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:5. _BAKEN IN A PAN_] מחבת _machabath_, supposed to be a _flat iron plate_, placed over the fire; such as is called a _griddle_ in some countries.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:7. _THE FRYING-PAN_] מרחשת _marchesheth_, supposed to be the same with that called by the Arabs a _ta-jen_, a shallow earthen vessel like a _frying-pan_, used not only to fry in, but for other purposes. On the different instruments, as well as the manner of _baking_ in the east, Mr... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:8. _THOU SHALT BRING THE MEAT-OFFERING_] It is likely that the person himself who offered the sacrifice brought it to the priest, and then the priest presented it before the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:11. _NO MEAT-OFFERING - SHALL BE MADE WITH LEAVEN_] See the reason of this prohibition in the note on Exodus 12:8. Exodus 12:8. _NOR ANY HONEY_] Because it was apt to produce _acidity_, as some think, when wrought up with flour paste; or rather because it was apt to _gripe_ and p... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:13. _WITH ALL THINE OFFERINGS THOU SHALT OFFER SALT._] SALT was the opposite to _leaven_, for it preserved from _putrefaction_ and _corruption_, and signified the _purity_ and _persevering fidelity_ that were necessary in the worship of God. Every thing was seasoned with it, to si... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 2:14. _GREEN EARS OF CORN DRIED BY THE FIRE_] Green or half-ripe ears of wheat parched with fire is a species of food in use among the poor people of Palestine and Egypt to the present day. As God is represented as _keeping a table_ among his people, (for the tabernacle was his _hous... [ Continue Reading ]