John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 2:16
The priest shall burn the memorial of it ,.... That which is taken out of it for a memorial, the same with the handful of fine flour and cakes of the meat offering: part of the beaten corn thereof ; or that which was ground in a mill: and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof ; as was done in the other meat offerings: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord , see Leviticus 2:2 . 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