Leviticus 1:7

_AND THE SONS OF AARON THE PRIEST SHALL PUT FIRE UPON THE ALTAR, AND LAY THE WOOD IN ORDER UPON THE FIRE:_ The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar - i:e., stir or rouse the fuel; because the fire made use of there descended from heaven (Leviticus 9:24), and all other fire was prohibited (Leviticus 10:1)....

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...

Verse Leviticus 1:7. _PUT FIRE_] The fire that came out of the tabernacle from before the Lord, and which was kept perpetually burning; see Leviticus 9:24. Nor was it lawful to use any other fire in the service of God. See the case of Nadab and Abihu, Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 10:2....

PUT FIRE UPON THE ALTAR - This must specifically refer to the first burnt-offering on the newly-constructed altar. The rule was afterward to be, “it shall never go out,” Leviticus 6:13....

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 THE SONS OF AARON THE PRIEST SHALL PUT FIRE UPON THE ALTAR,.... The fire of the altar originally came down from heaven, and consumed the sacrifice, and which was a token of God's acceptance of it, see Leviticus 9:24 and this fire was kept burning continually upon the altar, Leviticus 6:12 and yet the Jewish writers say, it was the command of God, according to this passage, that fire should be brought from another place and put here; Jarchi's note on the text is, "though fire came down from heaven, it was commanded to bring it from a common or private place:'' and Maimonides r says the same thing, and so it is often said in the Talmud s; and this, as Gersom observes, was not done by any but a priest in the time of his priesthood, or when clothed with his priestly garments; a

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 ...

PRIEST. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Syriac, read plural, "priests". WOOD. logs. No other fuel might be used....

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)....