Leviticus 6
DOYLYLeviticus 6:4
- — and is guilty.] In the judgment of his own conscience and by the confession of his lips; for, if the injury was proved upon him without his own confession, the penalty was greater. Biblioth. Bibl.
Leviticus 6:8
- And the Lord &c.] Here the Hebrews begin a new section of their law: as it has been before declared what offerings the people should bring to the Lord, instructions are now given to the priests, how they shall manage the several offerings that are brought.
Leviticus 6:9
- — It is the burnt offering.] He explains that He
offering: It is the burnt offering, || because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus 6:10
- — and take up the ashes] So strictly the law consulted and provided for the dignity of the minutest matters in the worship of God. None but those who were dedicated to the sacred ministry were allowed so much as to dispose of the ashes in their proper place. Biblioth. Bibl.
Leviticus 6:11
- — unto a clean place.] See note on chap. iv. 12.
Leviticus 6:13
- The fire shall ever be burning] It can admit of little doubt that the perpetual sacred fires of the Heathens, whether Persians, Greeks, Romans, Indians, &c. were copied from this Divine original amongst the Jews. The antiquity of sacred fires among the Greeks and Romans is well known. Theophrastus informs us, that this rite of burning perpetual fire to the gods had formed a part of their worship from time immemorial, being used as an expressive symbol or figure of their immortality. The sacred fire among the Persians was viewed with such superstitious regard, that, if ever it were extinguished, they would only rekindle it by fire lighted up from the sun. Biblioth. Bibl.
Before CHRIST 1490. burning. d Chap. 2. 1. Numb. 15. 6. e Chap. 2. 9. Divers offerings. Divers offerings. Before CHRIST 1490.
vened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
Leviticus 6:18
- — every one that toucheth them shall be holy.] The sense is, “Every one that toucheth them shall be beforehand sanctified and free from any legal defilement.” Bp. Hall.
Leviticus 6:20
- — Aaron and of his sons,] Aaron and “his successors,” the high priests which shall succeed him. Bp. Kidder.
Leviticus 6:25
- — This is the law &c.] Here directions for the
people’s sin offerings are repeated from chap. iv. 27, with some additional circumstances.
Leviticus 6:27
- Whatsoever shall touch &c.] All this particularly inculcated a reverence and veneration for holy things, the duty of approaching them with fear, and of observing a decent distance. Biblioth. Bibl.
Chap. VII. ver. 7. — there is one law for them.] One The peace offering for a vow, &c. The fat and blood Before CHRIST 1490. Or, on the flat plate, or, else.