John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 2:15
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon ,.... Either on the ears of corn dried, or on the fine flour of them when ground; in like manner as the oil and frankincense were put upon the fine flour of wheat, and upon the cakes and wafers baked, Leviticus 2:1 . it is a meat offering ; one sort of it, and like the rest. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 2:11-16
Here, I. Leaven and honey are forbidden to be put in any of their meat-offerings: No leaven, nor any honey, in any offering made by fire, Lev. 2:11. 1. The leaven was forbidden in remembrance of the unleavened bread they ate when they came out of Egypt. So much despatch was required in the offerings they made that it was not convenient they should stay for the leavening of them. The New Testament comparing pride and hypocrisy to leaven because they swell like leaven, comparing also malice and... read more