Leviticus 1:5

_AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK BEFORE THE LORD: AND THE PRIESTS, AARON'S SONS, SHALL BRING THE BLOOD, AND SPRINKLE THE BLOOD ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ALTAR THAT IS BY THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ And he shall kill ... - meaning not the priest, because it was not his official duty in case of voluntary sacrifices, but the offerer; in later times, however, the office was generally performed by Levites (cf. 2 Chronicles 29:24; Ezra 6:24). BEFORE THE LORD - on the spot where the hands had been laid upon the animal's head, on the north side of the altar. SPRINKLE THE BLOOD. This was to he done by the priests, who received the blood of the slain animal in brasen bowls, and sprinkled or poured it upon the altar near the offering, but apart from it. The blood being considered the life, the effusion of it was the essential part

5._And he shall kill the bullock. _The ceremony of killing is subjoined, viz., that the priest should prepare the victim itself, and pour its blood upon the altar, for it was not allowable for a private person to kill the victim with his own hands, but what the priest did in their name was transferred to them. (250) But this is worth remarking, that although they brought the pledge of reconciliation from their home, yet that the ministers of expiation were to be sought elsewhere, since no one was competent for so illustrious an office, save he who was graced by the holy unction of God. It was, therefore, plainly manifested that all mortals are unworthy of coming near God to propitiate Him, and that the hands of all are in a manner polluted or profane except those which God himself has purged. For the honor of sacrificing came from nowhere else but from the grace of the Spirit, of which t...

3-9 In the due performance of the Levitical ordinances, the mysteries of the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects; and future events are exhibited in these rites. Without this, the whole will seem unmeaning ceremonies. There is in these things a type of the sufferings of the Son of God, who was to be a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world? The burning body of an animal was but a faint representation of that everlasting misery, which we all have deserved; and which our blessed Lord bore in his body and in his soul, when he died under the load of our iniquities. Observe, 1. The beast to be offered must be without blemish. This signified the strength and purity that were in Christ, and the holy life that should be in his people. 2. The owner must offer it of his own free will. What is done in religion, so as to please God, must be done by love. Christ willi...

AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK - Tradition states that before the laying on of the hand, the victim was bound by a cord to a ring on the north side of the altar; as the words of the prayer were ended, the throat was cut and the blood received into a bowl held by an assistant. SPRINKLE THE BLOOD - Rather, throw the blood, so as to make the liquid cover a considerable surface. (The Christian significance of this typical action is referred to in Hebrews 12:24; 1 Peter 1:2.) BY THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE - At the entrance of the tent....

PART I THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING SACRIFICES EXPOSITION THE SACRIFICES (chapters 1-7). There are five classes of sacrifices instituted or regulated in the first seven chapters of Leviticus, each of which has its special signification—the burnt offering, the meat offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, and the peace offering. The burnt offering, in which the whole of the victim was consumed in the fire on God's altar, signifies entire self-surrender on the part of the offerer; the meat offering, a loyal acknowledgment of God's sovereignty; the sin offering, propitiation of wrath in him to whom the offering is made, and expiation of sin in the offerer; the trespass offering, satisfaction for sin; the peace offering, union and communion between the offerer and him to whom the offering is

AND HE SHALL KILL THE BULLOCK BEFORE THE LORD,.... That is, the man that brings the burnt offering, for no other is yet spoken of; and according to the traditions of the elders h, killing of the sacrifice was right when done by strangers, by women, and by servants, and by unclean persons, even in the most holy things so be it that the unclean did not touch the flesh; and it is observed i, that the service of the priest begins in the next clause, killing being lawful by him that was not a priest, according to the Targum of Jonathan, the butcher; but Aben Ezra interprets it of the priests, and certain it is, that the burnt offerings of the fowls were killed by the priests, Leviticus 1:15 and the Septuagint version renders it, "and they shall kill": but be this as it will, the burnt offering was to be killed in the court before the Lord; and this was typical of the death of Christ, who, acc...

ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE OFFERINGS THE FOUNDATION OF HOLINESS 1. The Burnt Offering CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The bullock (Leviticus 1:1)_ 2. The sheep or the goat (Leviticus 1:10) 3. The doves or pigeons (Leviticus 1:14) Jehovah spoke out of the tabernacle which had been set up and upon which the cloud descended, filling the Holy of Holies with the glory of the Lord. Thus Leviticus is closely linked with the ending of the book of Exodus. Out of that glory, from between the cherubim, the same Person spoke to Moses, who had spoken to him out of the burning bush and on Mount Sinai. The first three Chapter s with which Leviticus opens form one utterance of Jehovah. The s

LEVITICUS 1-7. THE LAW OF SACRIFICES: Burnt Offering (1), Meal Offering (2), Peace Offering (3), Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13), Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5:14), Directions chiefly for Priests (Leviticus 6:8 to Leviticus 7:38). I. BURNT OFFERING OR WHOLE BURNT OFFERING. This is η constant element in the worship of the community; it is too solemn for the victim to be shared by the offerer. In the historical books, we find it practised before some great occasion or enterprise or after a reverse ...

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. DOOR. entrance....

Leviticus 1:3-17. The Burnt-Offering For general remarks on the Burnt-Offering see on Leviticus 6:9. Three varieties may be brought, viz. (_a_) Bullock (Leviticus 1:3-9), (_b_) Sheep or Goat (Leviticus 1:10-13), (_c_) Fowls (Leviticus 1:14-17)....