John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:26
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... At the same time, as before, in a continued discourse, the subject being of the same kind, relating to sacrifices: saying , as follows. read more
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John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:27
When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth ,.... Those three are only mentioned, because they were only made use of in sacrifice, to which this law refers: then it shall be seven days under the dam ; whether a calf, or a lamb, or a kid of the goats; it was not to be taken from its dam and killed, either for food or sacrifice, before it was seven days old: Fagius says, the Hebrews give two reasons why a creature might not be offered before the eighth day; one is, that a... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:28
And whether it be cow or ewe ,.... Or "an ox or sheep" F6 שור או שה "bovem vel pecus", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , for this law, as Aben Ezra says, respects both male and female, and neither the one nor the other with their young might be slain; though Jarchi says, the custom is concerning the female, for it is forbidden to slay the dam and its son, or daughter; but it is not the custom concerning males, wherefore it is lawful to slay the father and the son: ye shall not... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:29
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord ,.... Which was a sort of peace offering, distinct from freewill offerings and vows before spoken of: offer it at your own will ; just what they pleased, whether a bullock, a sheep, or a goat, and whether a male or female; these were left to their own option, or for acceptation to you, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi; that is, it was right in them, and they ought to be careful to offer it in such manner, that it... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:30
On the same day it shall be eaten up ,.... Which is the law concerning it; See Gill on Leviticus 7:15 , ye shall leave none of it till the morning ; of another day, as the Vulgate Latin version adds, and much less the fat of them, and the most holy things, as Ben Gersom observes, the one being to be burnt upon the altar, the other to be eaten by the priests I am the Lord ; who has made this law, and expect it will be observed. read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:31
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them ,.... Both priests and people, even all the commandments delivered at this time, as well as all others; these they were to observe and take notice of, and keep them in memory, and put them in practice: I am the Lord ; See Gill on Leviticus 22:30 . read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:32
Neither shall ye profane my holy name ,.... By transgressing the laws of God, particularly by offering blemished sacrifices, or before the proper tithe; or by slaying the dam and its young on one day; for, as Aben Ezra observes, this is said to the sons of Aaron: but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel ; by his priests among them, and by themselves, conforming to all the precepts, and particularly the last mentioned, which respects them, and their eating up the peace... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:33
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God ,.... Whereby he showed himself to be their covenant God and Father, who had a kind and gracious regard unto them, and which laid them under obligation to fear, serve, and worship him as their God: I am the Lord ; that hath sovereign right unto them, and claim upon them, and therefore they ought to be subject to his will, and observe his laws ordinances. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 22:27
When a bullock - is brought forth - This is a most unfortunate as well as absurd translation. The creature called an ox is a bull castrated; surely then a bullock was never yet brought forth! The original word שור shor signifies a bull, a bullock, or indeed any thing of the neat kind: here, even common sense required that it should be translated calf; and did I not hold myself sacredly bound to print the text of the common version with scrupulous exactness, I should translate the former... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 22:17-33
Here are four laws concerning sacrifices:? I. Whatever was offered in sacrifice to God should be without blemish, otherwise it should not be accepted. This had often been mentioned in the particular institutions of the several sorts of offerings. Now here they are told what was to be accounted a blemish which rendered a beast unfit for sacrifice: if it was blind, or lame, had a wen, or the mange (Lev. 22:22),?if it was bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut (Lev. 22:24), that is, as the Jewish... read more