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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 2:1

Verse 1 1.And when any will offer. In this chapter Moses prescribes the rules for those offerings to which the name of minha is peculiarly given. They were not bloody sacrifices, nor offerings of animals, but only of cakes and oil. If any one would offer plain flour, he is commanded to season it with frankincense and oil, and also to choose fine flour, that the oblation may not be defiled by the bran. Thus here, as in all the service of God, the rule is laid down that nothing but what is pure... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 2:11

Verse 11 11.No meat-offering, which ye shall bring. God here forbids leavened cakes to be offered to Him, by which rite the ancients were taught that God’s service is corrupted if any strange invention be mingled with it. Nor can it be doubted but that. Christ alluded to this when He warned His disciples to “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,” (Matthew 16:11;) understanding by that word the fictions whereby they had corrupted religion. The eating of leaven was forbidden in the Passover for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1

And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord. The word used in the original for "meat offering" ( minchah ) , means, like its Greek equivalent, δῶρον , a gift made by an inferior to a superior. Thus the sacrifices of Cain and Abel were their "minchah" to God ( Genesis 4:3 , Genesis 4:4 ), the present sent to Esau by Jacob was his "minchah" ( Genesis 32:13 ), and the present to Joseph was his brethren's "minchah" ( Genesis 43:11 ). It is therefore equivalent to a gift... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-2

The minchah, a type of Christ. Because the minchah was an offering without blood, and therefore was not intended as a sacrifice for sin ( Hebrews 9:22 ), some have supposed that it was in use before the Fall. This opinion, however, has but little to sustain it. We certainly read of the minchah as having been offered by Cain ( Genesis 4:3 ); but then Abel, at the same time, offered the holocaust, or sin offering, which no one dreams of having formed any part of the original worship in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-3

Mediate and immediate presentation. The abrogation by Christianity of the rites and ceremonies of Judaism does not prevent the necessity nor dispel the advantages of becoming acquainted with the laws by which the ancient sacrifices were regulated. The mind of God may be ascertained in the precepts delivered in olden days, and underlying principles recognized that hold good in every age. The very fact that truth has thus to be searched for, and by patient induction applied to present... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-3

The meat offering. The offering of meat or food, consisting of fine flour, with frankincense, cakes and wafers, parched grain, suited to all classes. The general meaning was probably eucharistic. A portion of bread, firstfruits, offered in the fire as a memorial of Divine goodness and pledge of the future life. Several particulars noticeable. 1 . It was what made part of the daily meal of the house. 2 . Frankincense mingled with it, and oil poured upon it; the prayers and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-10

The feast upon the minchah. In our remarks upon the two first of these verses, we viewed the minchah , or meat offering, as a type of Christ. Upon this point additional light may be incidentally thrown as we now proceed to consider the feast upon the minchah . For this we hold to be designed to represent our fellowship with God in Christ. I. FEASTS HAVE EVER BEEN REGARDED AS TOKENS OF FRIENDSHIP . 1. Secular history abounds in examples. 2 . Sacred... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-11

Consecrated life-work, as brought out in the meat offering. cf. John 4:34 ; Acts 10:4 ; Philippians 4:18 ; John 6:27 . The idea prominently presented in the burnt offering is, we have seen, personal consecration, on the ground of expiation and acceptance through a substitute. In the meat offering, to which we now address ourselves, we find the further and supplementary idea of consecrated life-work. For the fine flour presented was the product of labour, the actual outcome... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-16

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 2:1-16

The meat offering. It consisted of a gift to God of the products of the earth most needed for the support of life—flour and oil, to which were added salt and frankincense, and it was generally accompanied by the drink offering of wine. It was offered to God in token of the recognition of his almighty power which gave the corn, the olive, and the vine, and of the submission of the creature to him, the merciful Creator. I. IT WAS A GIFT OF HOMAGE . As such, it had a meaning... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 2:1

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