Leviticus 22:27-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 22:17-33

Laws of the oblations. These naturally follow those concerning the priests, which form the subject of the earlier portion of this chapter. They may be considered— I. WITH RESPECT TO THE SACRIFICES . 1 . These must be the animals prescribed. 2 . They must be individuals without blemish. 3 . Blemished creatures may be given as free-will offerings. II. WITH RESPECT TO THEIR OFFERING . 1 . They may not be offered till after the eighth day. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 22:26-27

Extreme youth is to be regarded as a blemish in an animal in the same way as other defects. During the young creature's first week of existence it is not considered as having arrived at the perfection of its individual and separate life, and therefore only from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord. Up to what ago an animal might be offered is not stated. Gideon is narrated as offering a bullock of seven years old ( 6:25 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 22:27-28

The culture of kindness. The words of the text remind us, by contrast, of two truths which are of value to us as disciples of Christ. 1 . That the human spirit is never too young to be offered to God, whether 2 . That two generations of the same family may offer themselves simultaneously to the service of God. Parent and child have not unfrequently made profession, in the same hour, of attachment to Christ, and have simultaneously "given themselves unto the Lord." But the main... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 22:28

A lesson of charity is added. A young animal and its mother are not to be killed (though reference is specially made to sacrifice, the general word, not the sacrificial term, for slaying is used) on the same day, just as the kid is not to be seethed in its mother's milk ( Exodus 23:19 ; Deuteronomy 14:21 ), nor the mother bird be taken from the nest with the young ( Deuteronomy 22:6 ). Thus we see that the feelings of the human heart arc not to be rudely shocked by an act of apparent... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 22:27

No victim was to be offered in sacrifice until it was a week old. The meaning of this law appears to be that the animal should realise a distinct existence in becoming less dependent on its mother, and able to provide for its own wants. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 22:28

A law intended to remind the Israelites of the sacredness of the relation between the parent and its offspring. Compare Exodus 23:19 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 22:28

Leviticus 22:28. The cow or ewe, and her young, in one day This Maimonides considers as a precaution of humanity, lest the dam should be brought to the altar while she is yet mourning the loss of her young, slain perhaps before her eyes. And, indeed, there is a degree of cruelty in the very idea of imbruing the hand in the blood of both parent and offspring at the same time. Therefore Jonathan, in his paraphrase, considers this as a symbolical precept, to teach the Israelites to be ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:17-33

Animals for sacrifice (22:17-33)All animals offered in sacrifice to God had to be the best available. The only exception concerned the freewill offering, for in that case the state of the animal was an indication of the offerer’s state of heart (17-25).Sacrificial animals had to be at least a week old, to ensure that they were normal and healthy. When people made sacrifices, they were to have sympathy for the innocent animals that lost their lives. For this reason a mother animal was not to be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 22:27

offerings approach offering. Hebrew. korban. App-43 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 22:28

cow. Hebrew. shor, rendered "cow" only here and Numbers 18:17 . read more

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