leviticus-1:3-9,-leviticus-6:12-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-9

If a man were rich and could afford it, it is supposed that he would bring his burnt-sacrifice, with which he designed to honour God, out of his herd of larger cattle. He that considers that God is the best that is will resolve to give him the best he has, else he gives him not the glory due unto his name. Now if a man determined to kill a bullock, not for an entertainment for his family and friends, but for a sacrifice to his God, these rules must be religiously observed:?1. The beast to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:3

If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd ,.... So called, because consumed by fire, see Leviticus 6:9 even all of it except the skin, and therefore its name with the Greeks is "a whole burnt offering", as in Mark 12:33 its name in Hebrew is עולה , which comes from a word which signifies to "ascend" or "go up", because not only it was carried up to the altar by the priest, which was common to other sacrifices, but being burnt upon it, it ascended upwards in smoke and vapour;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:4

And he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering ,.... According to the Targum of Jonathan, it was his right hand; but it is generally thought by the Jewish writers that both hands were laid on; so Ben Gersom and Aben Ezra, with whom Maimonides F5 Hilchot Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 3. sect. 13. agrees, who says, he that lays on hands ought to lay on with all his strength, with both his hands upon the head of the beast, as it is said, "upon the head of the burnt offering": not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:5

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 F8 Misn. Zebachim, c. 3. sect. 1. & Maimon. in ib. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 27. 1. & Zebachim, fol. 32. 1. & Menachot, fol. 19. 1. , 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:6

And he shall flay the burnt offering ,.... Take off its skin; this was the only part of it that was not burnt, and was the property of the priest, Leviticus 7:8 but who this was done by is not so manifest, since it is in the singular number "he", and seems to be the bringer of the offering; for Aaron's sons, the priests that sprinkled the blood, are spoken of plurally; and agreeably, Gersom observes, that the flaying of the burnt offering and cutting it in pieces were lawful to be done by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:7

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:8

And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts ,.... That were cut in pieces, Leviticus 1:6 some of which are particularly mentioned: the head and the fat ; the head which was cut off, and the body, the trunk of it; so, Aben Ezra says, the wise men interpret the word פדר "fat", which is only used here and in Leviticus 1:12 and which he thinks is right; though others take it to be the fat caul, or midriff, which parts the entrails; and the Targum of Jonathan renders it, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:9

But the inwards and his legs shall he wash in water ,.... This was first done in a room in the court of the temple, called לשכת המדחין , "the room of the washers", or the washing room, where they washed the inwards of the holy things F1 Misn. Middot, c. 5. sect. 2. Maimon Beth Habechirah, c. 5. sect. 17. ; and after that they washed them upon the marble tables between the pillars, where they washed them three times at least F2 Ib. c. 3. sect. 5. & Tamid, c. 4. sect. 2.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:3

Burnt-sacrifice - The most important of all the sacrifices offered to God; called by the Septuagint ὁλοκαυτωμα , because it was wholly consumed, which was not the case in any other offering. See on Leviticus 7 (note). His own voluntary will - לרצנו lirtsono , to gain himself acceptance before the Lord: in this way all the versions appear to have understood the original words, and the connection in which they stand obviously requires this meaning. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:4

He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering - By the imposition of hands the person bringing the victim acknowledged, The sacrifice as his own. That he offered it as an atonement for his sins. That he was worthy of death because he had sinned, having forfeited his life by breaking the law. That he entreated God to accept the life of the innocent animal in place of his own. And all this, to be done profitably, must have respect to Him whose life, in the fullness of... read more

Leviticus-1:3-9,-leviticus-6:12-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:4

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