Leviticus 1:4 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-9

The burnt sacrifice of the herd. Having given general instructions concerning the great business of sacrifice, the Most High descends to particulars, and here describes the burnt sacrifice of the herd. These particulars contain specific directions— I. AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE VICTIM . 1 . It must be a male. 2 . It must be without blemish. (1) The rabbins reckon no less than fifty things, any one of which would, in their judgment, render an animal unfit for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-17

The burnt offering. It was wholly consumed by the fire of God's altar; nothing was left for the after consumption either of the offerer or even of God's ministers, as in the other sacrifices. I. IT TYPIFIES THE ENTIRE SELF - SURRENDER OF CHRIST TO GOD . 1. In his eternal resolve to redeem by becoming man. 2. In the humility of his birth on earth. 3. In the silence in which his youth was spent. 4. In the narrow limits within which he confined his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:4

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering. This putting, or forcibly leaning, the hand on the victim's head, which is the most essential part of the oblation of the victim, was a symbolical act implying "This animal is now for present purposes myself, and its life is my life." It was this act of identification with the offerer which made it be accepted for him to make atonement (literally, covering ) for him. The sin offering is the sacrifice which especially... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:4

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him." A most significant commandment, full of gracious meaning for those who observed it. I. ALL ATONEMENT RESTS UPON FREE GRACE . "Accepted for him to make atonement." God sets forth the propitiation, declares his righteousness for the remission of sins. It shall be accepted, not because it is in itself an equivalent, but because a merciful Father... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 1:4

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering - The usual ceremony. By it the sacrificer identified himself with his victim Leviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:8; Leviticus 4:15; Leviticus 8:14; Romans 12:1.To make atonement for him - This phrase belongs more especially to the sin-offerings and the trespass-offerings (compare Leviticus 4:20, Leviticus 4:26, Leviticus 4:31, Leviticus 4:35; Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 5:18; Leviticus 6:7, etc.) It is not used in reference to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 1:4

Leviticus 1:4. He shall put his hand Both his hands; Leviticus 8:14; Leviticus 8:18; Leviticus 16:21; whereby he signified, 1st. That he willingly gave it to the Lord; 2d, That he judged himself worthy of that death which it suffered in his stead; and that he laid his sins upon it with an eye to him upon whom God would lay the iniquity of us all, (Isaiah 53:6,) and that together with it he did freely offer up himself to God. To make atonement Sacramentally; as directing his faith and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:1-17

1:1-7:38 THE OFFERINGSThe burnt offering (1:1-17)Of all the offerings, the burnt offering was the most ancient. It had been in general use among God’s people long before Moses set out laws to regulate it. The offerings of Noah, Abraham and the Israelites in Egypt were all earlier forms of this sacrifice (Genesis 8:20; Genesis 22:2; Exodus 10:25). It was called the burnt offering because all the flesh was burnt upon the altar. None of it was eaten.Thanksgiving, devotion and atonement were all in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 1:4

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) in verses: Leviticus 1:4-9 . put. Hebrew lean, place, or press. It could not be done by proxy. This was all that the sinner could do. It was for God to accept. make atonement. Hebrew. kaphar, to cover the sinner and his sin, so that neither is seen. See note on Exodus 29:33 . No such thing as progress in justification. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 1:3-4

"If his oblation be a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.""Burnt offering ..." In some ways, this was the most important of all the sacrifices. First it could be offered by men of any race or nation,[10] being distinguished in this from all other Jewish... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 1:4

Leviticus 1:4. He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering— See note on Exo 29:10 and Leviticus 16:21. The same custom in sacrificing was common in Egypt. The offerer, [in this holy sacrifice,] says one, hereby testified, that he acknowledged himself worthy of death; that he laid his sins upon his sacrifice; that he trusted in Christ for the expiation of them; and that he devoted himself to God. And the phrase following plainly proves, that it was to be understood in this sense:... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:3-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 1:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 1:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 1:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 1:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 1:3-4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 1:4

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