Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Leviticus 3:10-12
Much the same observations meet us here as before. See Romans 8:3-4 . read more
Much the same observations meet us here as before. See Romans 8:3-4 . read more
Reader! observe again, the order of laying on of the hand. So very important is the doctrine couched under it. Dearest JESUS! may I find grace to lay my hand by faith upon thy head, and while I confess my sins, may I rejoice that thou hast borne my sins, in thine own body on the tree! Daniel 9:24 . read more
Which shall. Hebrew, "which he gives, he shall slay it....the priests shall pour," &c. Yet some assert, that laymen were not allowed to approach the altar. read more
Fat. All the fat was carefully presented to the Lord. The Persians offered this alone. Omentum in flamma pingue liquefaciens. (Catul. Epig. de Magis.) read more
Flanks. St. Jerome sometimes translates the Hebrew loins, as the Septuagint and Symmachus do; (Psalm xxxvii. 7) and this Bochart believes is the most proper signification. (Calmet) --- Two is not specified in the Latin, nor little in the Hebrew. read more
For a. Some translate, "upon the," others "after the burnt-sacrifice;" as if that were always to be offered first, every day. (Calmet) --- But is seems that the peace-offering was an imitation of the holocaust, with respect to the fat, caul, and kidneys, which were to be entirely consumed. (Haydock) read more
It. Hebrew and Septuagint, "he shall slay," ver. 2, 13. (Calmet) read more
Whole rump. Septuagint, "the loin without blemish." The tail of the Arabian sheep is extremely large and fat, weighing eight or ten pounds; so that it is necessary to support it on a vehicle. (Busbecq. ep. 3.) The tail was not sacrificed in any other species. (Menochius) read more
With, &c. Hebrew, "and the two kidneys with their fat by the flanks, and the great lobe of the liver, above the kidneys, shall they take." (Haydock) --- All our affections must be consecrated to God, and our passions kept under. (Du Hamel) read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Leviticus 3:9
As the tails of the sheep are very large and fat, in those eastern countries, and were considered as a very choice part of the animal, they were ordered to be sacrificed on the altar. Exodus 29:22 . read more