Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 7:9
Leviticus 7:9. All the meat or meal- offering shall be the priest’s Except the part reserved by God, (Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 2:9,) these being ready dressed, and hot, and to be eaten presently. And the priest who offered it was, in reason, to expect something more than his brethren who laboured not about it, and that he had only in this offering; for the others were equally distributed. For ( Lev 7:10 ) every meat or meal-offering, which was of raw flour, whether mingled with oil or... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 7:7-8
Leviticus 7:7-8. As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering In the matter following, for in other things they differed. The priests shall have it That part of it which was by God allowed to the priest. The priest shall have to himself the skin The note of Bishop Patrick is worth transcribing here: “All the flesh of the burnt-offerings being wholly consumed, as well as the fat upon the altar, there was nothing that could fall to the share of the priest but the skin, which is... read more