利未記 1:1-3 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 1:1-2

Observe here, 1. It is taken for granted that people would be inclined to bring offerings to the Lord. The very light of nature directs man, some way or other, to do honour to his Maker, and pay him homage as his Lord. Revealed religion supposes natural religion to be an ancient and early institution, since the fall had directed men to glorify God by sacrifice, which was an implicit acknowledgment of their having received all from God as creatures, and their having forfeited all to him as... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-9

If a man were rich and could afford it, it is supposed that he would bring his burnt-sacrifice, with which he designed to honour God, out of his herd of larger cattle. He that considers that God is the best that is will resolve to give him the best he has, else he gives him not the glory due unto his name. Now if a man determined to kill a bullock, not for an entertainment for his family and friends, but for a sacrifice to his God, these rules must be religiously observed:?1. The beast to be... read more

John Gill

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

And the Lord called unto Moses ,.... Or "met him", as the phrase is rendered in Numbers 23:4 . The word ויקרא , translated "called", the last letter of it is written in a very small character, to show, as the Jews F2 Vid. Buxtorf. Tiberias, c. 15. p. 39. say, that he met him accidentally, and unawares to Moses: other mysteries they observe in it, as that it respects the modesty of Moses, who lessened himself, and got out of the way, that he might not have the government laid upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them ,.... For unto no other was the law of sacrifices given; not to the Gentiles, but to the children of Israel: if any man ; or woman, for the word "man", as Ben Gersom observes, includes the whole species: of you ; of you Israelites; the Targum of Jonathan adds,"and not of the apostates who worship idols.'Jarchi interprets it of yours, of your mammon or substance, what was their own property, and not what was stolen from another F4... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:3

If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd ,.... So called, because consumed by fire, see Leviticus 6:9 even all of it except the skin, and therefore its name with the Greeks is "a whole burnt offering", as in Mark 12:33 its name in Hebrew is עולה , which comes from a word which signifies to "ascend" or "go up", because not only it was carried up to the altar by the priest, which was common to other sacrifices, but being burnt upon it, it ascended upwards in smoke and vapour;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:1

And the Lord called unto Moses - From the manner in which this book commences, it appears plainly to be a continuation or the preceding; and indeed the whole is but one law, though divided into five portions, and why thus divided is not easy to be conjectured. Previously to the erection of the tabernacle God had given no particular directions concerning the manner of offering the different kinds of sacrifices; but as soon as this Divine structure was established and consecrated, Jehovah took... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:2

Bring an offering - The word קרבן korban , from קרב karab , to approach or draw near, signifies an offering or gift by which a person had access unto God: and this receives light from the universal custom that prevails in the east, no man being permitted to approach the presence of a superior without a present or gift; and the offering thus brought was called korban, which properly means the introduction-offering, or offering of access. This custom has been often referred to in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:3

Burnt-sacrifice - The most important of all the sacrifices offered to God; called by the Septuagint ὁλοκαυτωμα , because it was wholly consumed, which was not the case in any other offering. See on Leviticus 7 (note). His own voluntary will - לרצנו lirtsono , to gain himself acceptance before the Lord: in this way all the versions appear to have understood the original words, and the connection in which they stand obviously requires this meaning. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:1

Verse 1 1.And the Lord called unto Moses. In these seven chapters Moses will treat generally of the sacrifices. But since we read of many things here, the use of which has passed away, and others, the grounds of which I do not understand, I intend to content myself with a brief summary, from whence, however, the reader may fully perceive that whatever has been left to us relative to the legal sacrifices is even now profitable, provided we are not too curious. Let those who choose to hunt for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:1

And the LORD called unto Moses . The first word of the verse, in the original Vayikra, meaning "and called," has been taken as the designation of the book in the Hebrew Bible. The title Leviticon, or Leviticus, was first adopted by the LXX ; to indicate that it had for its main subject the duties and functions appertaining to the chief house of the priestly tribe of Levi. The word "and" connects the third with the second book of the Pentateuch. God is spoken of in this and in the next... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 1:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-9

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:1

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