Leviticus 1:1-17

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:10

And if his offering be of the flocks ,.... As it might be: namely , of the sheep, or of the goats for a burnt sacrifice ; which were both typical of Christ; see Gill on Leviticus 1:2 . he shall bring it a male without blemish ; See Gill on Leviticus 1:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:11

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord ,.... This is a circumstance not mentioned in the killing of the bullock: Maimonides F7 In Misn. Zebachim, c. 5. sect. 1. says, there was a square place from the wall of the altar northward, to the wall of the court, and it was sixty cubits, and all that was over against the breadth of this, from the wall of the porch to the eastern wall, and it is seventy six cubits; and this foursquare place is called the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:12

And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat ,.... Or "his body", as the Targum of Jonathan; this was to be cut in pieces in the same manner as the bullock; see Gill on Leviticus 1:6 , and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire, which is on the altar ; See Gill on Leviticus 1:8 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:13

But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water ,.... As he did the bullock, Leviticus 1:9 , and the priest shall bring it all : all the parts to the ascent of the altar, as the Jews F9 T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 65. 2. & Yoma, fol. 27. 1. Chagigah, fol. 11. 1. interpret it; all the parts and pieces of it, even the very wool on the sheep's head, and the hair on the goat's beard, their bones, sinews, and horns, and hoofs F11 Misn. Zebachim, c. 9. sect. 5. Maimon.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:14

And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls ,.... As it might be for the poorer sort, who could not offer a bullock, nor a sheep, or a lamb, Leviticus 5:7 , then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons ; the Jewish writers all agree, that the turtles should be old, and not young, as the pigeons young, and not old; so the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, Aben Ezra and Gersom F12 Vid. T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 22. 1, 2. ; the latter gives two... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:15

And the priest shall bring it unto the altar ,.... The southeast horn of it; near which was the place of the ashes, into which the crop and its feathers were cast F14 Misn. Zebachim, c. 6. sect. 5. & Bartenora in ib. : and wring off his head ; by twisting it back as it should seem; the word used is only to be found here, and in Leviticus 5:8 the Jews say, it signifies to cut with the nail, and that the priest did this, not with a knife or any other instrument, but with his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:16

And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers ,.... Or "with its meat", or "dung", as Onkelos renders it, meaning that which was in its crop; and so the Jerusalem Targum interprets it, "with its dung"; and Jonathan's paraphrase is, "with its collection", or what was gathered together in the crop; it includes the entrails, as Gersom observes: and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes ; where the ashes of the burnt offering were put every day, and every... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:17

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof ,.... One wing being on one side, and the other on the other side: but shall not divide it asunder ; the body of the bird, though it was cleaved down in the middle, yet not parted asunder, nor any of its wings separated from it; the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it, "but shall not separate its wings from it"; this denoted, that though, by the death of Christ, his soul and body were separated from each other, yet the human nature was not... read more

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