King James Version
Leviticus 7
38 verses with commentary
The Guilt Offering
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The central theme of Leviticus is God's holiness and the call for His people to be holy....
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VII.
(1) **Likewise this is the law . . . . —**Better, *and this is the law:, *&c. Just as Leviticus 6:24-30 contains additional regulations addressed to the priest about the rites of the sin offering, so Leviticus 7:1-10 gives more precise instructions about the trespass offering, supplementing Leviticus 5:1-13, also designed for the guidance of the priest.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
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Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
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<strong>In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>T...
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(2, 4) **In the place where they kill.**—That is, the north side of the altar (Leviticus 1:11).
**Shall they kill the trespass offering.**—That is, the people who bring these sacrifices shall kill them, since the offerers themselves slaughtered the victim. (See Leviticus 1:5.)
**The blood thereof shall he sprinkle.**—Better, *throw the blood. *(See Leviticus 1:5.) Unlike the sin offering, the bloo...
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**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
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Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
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<strong>And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully reg...
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(3, 4) **And he shall offer.**—For the regulations here described, see Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:8-9, &c.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br><br...
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**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
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<strong>And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between...
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(5) **And the priest shall burn.**—These fat pieces he shall burn, as in the case of the sin offering and peace offering (Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 4:31).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
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<strong>Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The central theme of Leviticus is God's holiness and t...
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**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
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<strong>As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Hebrew word <e...
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(7) **There is one law for them.**—That is, the same rule, as stated in Leviticus 6:27-28, applies to both the sin offering and the trespass offering; hence what is omitted in the regulation of the one must be supplied from the directions given in the other.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
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Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
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<strong>And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Aaron...
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(8) **The priest shall have to himself the skin.**—As the skin was the only part not consumed by the fire, in the case of the burnt offering, it fell to the share of the officiating priest. According to the rule which obtained during the second Temple, all the skins of the most holy things belonged to the officiating priests—*i.e., *those of the trespass offering, the sin offerings of the laity, &...
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**4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--**There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most n...
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Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. in the pan: or, on the flat plate or, slice
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<strong>And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The A...
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(9) **And all the meat offering.**—Better, *every meat offering. *That is, dressed in whichever of the three ways here mentioned. (See Leviticus 2:4-7.)
**Shall be the priest’s.**—With the exception of the memorial part, which was burnt upon the altar (see Leviticus 2:4-10), the whole was to go to the particular priest who offered it.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**12. if his offering be a goat--**Whether this or any of the other two animals were chosen, the same general directions were to be followed in the ceremony of offering.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
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<strong>And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God an...
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(10) **And every meat offering . . . and dry.**—Better, *but every meat offering *. . . *or dry. *The only exception to the foregoing rule is the raw flour offering. That is, the voluntary offering of flour which was mingled with oil (Leviticus 2:1), or the poor man’s sin
offering, which, though resembling a meat offering, had no oil put upon it (see Leviticus 5:11), and the offering of jealousy (...
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Chapter 7
Chapter Outline
Concerning the trespass-offering.
(1-10)
Concerning the peace-offering.
(11-27)
The wave and heave offerings.(28-34)
The conclusion of these institutions.(35-38)
**Verses 1-10**
In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offeri...
Read full commentary →The Peace Offering
And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.
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<strong>And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The five main offerings (burnt, grain, peace, sin, and guilt) a...
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(11) **And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings.**—That is, the rites to be observed in connection with this sacrifice. As in the case of the sin offering (Leviticus 4:24-31 with Leviticus 6:24-30) and the trespass offering (Leviticus 5:1-13 with Leviticus 7:1-10), so here (Leviticus 7:11-21), we have more specific and fuller directions given to the priests with regard to the peace ...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
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<strong>If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat...
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(12) **If he offer it for a thanksgiving.**—That is, acknowledgment of special mercies received from God, such as deliverance in travels, by land or sea, redemption from captivity, restoration to health, &c., enumerated in Psalms 107. It is to this sacrifice that the apostle alludes when he says, “By him therefore let us offer the *sacrifice of praise *to God continually.”
**Then he shall offer wi...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The five main offerings (burnt,...
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(13) **Besides the cakes.**—That is, the thirty un leavened cakes which were made of half of the quantity of the flour brought by the offerer, as described in the previous verse, the ten leavened cakes made of the other half of the flour are to be brought. These had all to be baked before the victim was slaughtered. The only other occasion when leavened bread formed part of the offering was on Pen...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy ...
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(14) **And of it he shall offer one out of the whole.**—Better, *and he shall offer of it one out of each. *That is, the officiating priest waves one of each of the four kinds of cakes before the Lord as a heave offering (see Exodus 29:24; Exodus 29:28), and is to have these four loaves as his portion, while the rest or the remaining thirty-six cakes belonged to the owner of the sacrifice.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17. ye eat neither fat nor blood--**The details given above distinctly define the fat in animals which was not to be eaten, so that all the rest, whatever adhered to other parts, or was intermixed with them, might be used. The prohibition of blood rested on a different foundation, being intended to preserve their reverence for the Messiah, who was to shed His blood as an atoning sacrifice for th...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
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<strong>And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy thin...
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(15) **And the flesh of the sacrifice.**—That is, after the priest had the breast and the shoulder, the share of the victim which belongs to the offerer, together with the remaining loaves, he with his family and poor guests (see Deuteronomy 12:11-18) are to eat up before the morning, which at the time of the second Temple was limited to midnight. This limitation of time was designed both to encou...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishi...
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(16) **Be a vow or a voluntary **offering.—The vow and the voluntary offering which constitute the second class of peace offerings are both entirely voluntary. The distinction between them, as defined by the canon law, which obtained in the time of Christ, is as follows :—A vow (*nēdēr*) is an obligation voluntarily imposed upon oneself with the formula, “Behold, I take it upon myself to bring a b...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
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<strong>But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The five main offerings (burnt, grain, peace, sin, and guilt) add...
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(17) **But the remainder of the flesh.**—If, however, the sacrifices were very plentiful, or if through niggardliness of the owners a sufficient number of poor guests were not invited, so that the victim could not be eaten up within the time specified, all that remained on the third day was to be burnt.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 4
Le 4:1, 2. Sin Offering of Ignorance.
**2. If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord--**a soul--an individual. All sins may be considered, in a certain sense, as committed "through ignorance," error, or misapprehension of one's true interests. The sins, however, referred to in this law were unintentional violations of the ceremonial laws,--brea...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
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<strong>And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning ...
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(18) **And if any of the flesh . . . be eaten.**—The owner of the sacrifice was responsible for the due observance of this injunction. If, through his neglect, any one ate of the sacrifice after the limited time here specified, the efficacy of the sacrifice was disannulled, and the offerer had to bring another votive offering.**
It shall be an abomination.**—That is, the flesh left so long in the ...
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Le 4:3-35. Sin Offering for the Priest.
**3. If the priest that is anointed do sin--**that is, the high priest, in whom, considering his character as typical mediator, and his exalted office, the people had the deepest interest; and whose transgression of any part of the divine law, therefore, whether done unconsciously or heedlessly, was a very serious offense, both as regarded himself individua...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>Ri...
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(19) **And the flesh that toucheth.**—Not only does the sacrificial flesh become desecrated when left by itself beyond the prescribed period, but when it comes in contact with what is unclean, man, woman, or animal, which might happen whilst it is carried from the altar to the place where it is eaten, it becomes defiled, and must be burnt, so that no profane use is made of it.
**And as for the fle...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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<strong>But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing bounda...
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(20, 21) **But the soul that eateth, &c**—Any one who partakes of the Lord’s holy peace offering in a state of legal defilement, arising either from contact with unclean men or objects (see Leviticus 11:8-44; Leviticus 15:1-33), incurs the penalty of excision.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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<strong>Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws co...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviticus points forward to Jesus Christ, who fulfills the entire sacrificial syste...
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(22) **And the Lord spake unto Moses.**—This formula introduces a fresh communication made to the lawgiver (Leviticus 7:22-27), containing explanations and restrictions of the precept laid down in Leviticus 3:17, about the fat and blood of animals. The section before us, therefore, supplements and expands the previous law upon the same subject, just as the foregoing section supplemented and expand...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
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<strong>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 explains how Christ's once-for-al...
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(23) Y**e shall eat no manner of fat.**—That is, the fat of beeves, sheep, or goats. The fat of these three kinds of sacrificial quadrupeds is prohibited, even when they are not killed as sacrifices, but when slaughtered for private consumption; but the fat of other tame or wild clean quadrupeds, as stags, roes, &c. &c, was lawful. According to the practice which obtained during the second Temple,...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it. beast: Heb. carcase
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<strong>And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><...
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(24) **And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself.**—That is, of the aforesaid animals which died of any disease or accident, or were killed by wild beasts, and which, therefore, are entirely unclean (see Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:8), might be used for common purposes in ordinary life, such as making candles, &c., &c.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
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<strong>For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things...
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(25) **The fat of the beast of which men offer an offering.**—**That **is, the **fat of **beeves, sheep, or goats. (See Leviticus 7:23.) If he did it presumptuously he incurred the penalty of excision, and if he did it inadvertently he was beaten with forty stripes save one, and had to bring the sin offering appointed.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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<strong>Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>Leviticus 17:11 declares 'the life of the flesh is in...
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(26) **Moreover ye shall eat. . . . —**Better, *and ye shall eat no blood in all your dwellings. *That is, this law is binding upon the Israelites wherever they may dwell. (See Leviticus 3:17.)
**Whether it be of fowl or of beast.**—It extends to all fowls and quadrupeds, whether they are legally prescribed as sacrifices or not; but not to fishes, locusts, creeping things, &c., which are not presc...
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**11. the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh--**In ordinary circumstances, these were perquisites of the priests. But in the expiation necessary for a sin of the high priest, after the fat of the sacrifice was offered on the altar, the carcass was carried without the camp [Le 4:12], in order that the total combustion of it in the place of ashes might the more strikingly indicate the enormity o...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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<strong>Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>Leviticus 17:11 declares 'the life of the flesh is i...
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(27) **That soul shall be cut off.**—According to the law which obtained during the second Temple, the punishment of excision was only inflicted for eating the life-blood (see Leviticus 17:11), that is, the blood in which the life of the animal resides, and *the *loss of which causes death. For eating the blood found in the limbs, or in any internal portion of the body, a sin offering had to be br...
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**Verses 11-27**
As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden...
Read full commentary →The Priests' Portion
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated is now freely available through Christ's blood, t...
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(28) **And the Lord spake unto Moses.**—With this formula, which, as we have seen, indicates a fresh communication made by the Lord to the lawgiver, additional precepts are introduced, regulating God’s portion of the peace offering.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
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<strong>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing ...
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(29) **He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings.**—That is, if his peace offering is one of the three aforementioned classes. (See Leviticus 7:11.)
**Shall bring his oblation.**—That is, those portions of the peace offering which the offerer devoted to the Lord and to the officiating priest.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.
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<strong>His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for ...
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(30) **His own hands shall bring.**—This act the owner himself was to perform, and it was not to be deputed to any one else. The manner in which this rite was performed in the time of Christ was as follows:—The offerer killed the sacrifice, and the priest sprinkled the blood. The victim was then flayed, and the officiating priest took out the inwards, cut the flesh into pieces, and separated the b...
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**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
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<strong>And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and Israel, off...
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**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
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<strong>And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated betwee...
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**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
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<strong>He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood ...
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**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
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<strong>For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, inc...
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(34) **By a statute for ever.—**That is, the statute that these two parts of the peace offering are to be given to Aaron and his descendants who may officiate at this sacrifice, is binding upon the Israelites as long as the priesthood lasts.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 28-34**
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord o...
Read full commentary →This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
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<strong>This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and...
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(35) **This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron and of the anointing of his sons.**—Better, *this is the share of Aaron and the share of his sons. *That is, the wave breast and the heave shoulder.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 35-38**
Solemn acts of religious worship are not things which we may do or not do at our pleasure; it is at our peril if we omit them. An observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than of the laws of Moses.
Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
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<strong>Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy things.<br><br><...
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(36) **Which the Lord commanded to be given them.**—That is, this command is binding upon every offerer to give the before-mentioned parts to the officiating priests, since this is their right by virtue of their office.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--**In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and...
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**Verses 35-38**
Solemn acts of religious worship are not things which we may do or not do at our pleasure; it is at our peril if we omit them. An observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than of the laws of Moses.
This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
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<strong>This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boun...
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(37) **This is the law . . . —**This and the following verse sum up the whole sacrificial law contained in Leviticus 1-8
**The burnt offering.**—Described in Leviticus 1:3-17, with its supplement, Leviticus 6:8-13.
**The meat offering.**—Described in Leviticus 2:1-16, with its supplement, Leviticus 6:14-18.
**The sin offering.**—Described in Leviticus 4:1-35, with its supplement, Leviticus 6:24-30...
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**22-26. When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments--**Whatever was the form of government, the king, judge, or subordinate, was the party concerned in this law. The trespass of such a civil functionary being less serious in its character and consequences than that either of the high priest or the congregation, a sin offering of inferior value was...
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**Verses 35-38**
Solemn acts of religious worship are not things which we may do or not do at our pleasure; it is at our peril if we omit them. An observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than of the laws of Moses.
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
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<strong>Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Further Offering Regulations</strong>. Additional laws concerning offerings, including prohibitions on eating fat and blood, establishing boundaries for holy thin...
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**22-26. When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments--**Whatever was the form of government, the king, judge, or subordinate, was the party concerned in this law. The trespass of such a civil functionary being less serious in its character and consequences than that either of the high priest or the congregation, a sin offering of inferior value was...
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**Verses 35-38**
Solemn acts of religious worship are not things which we may do or not do at our pleasure; it is at our peril if we omit them. An observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than of the laws of Moses.