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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 6:14-23

The meat-offering was either that which was offered by the people or that by the priests at their consecration. Now, I. As to the common meat-offering, 1. Only a handful of it was to be burnt upon the altar; all the rest was allowed to the priests for their food. The law of the burnt-offerings was such as imposed upon the priests a great deal of care and work, but allowed them little profit; for the flesh was wholly burnt, and the priests had nothing but the skin. But to make them amends the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:20

This is the offering of Aaron and his sons ,.... That is, of such of them as succeeded him in the high priesthood, as appears from Leviticus 6:22 so Aben Ezra, of him, or of one of his sons in his room; though some think the common priests offered the following oblation at the time of their initiation into their office, though they were not anointed as the high priest was, nor obliged as he to continue the offering daily: which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:21

In a pan it shall be made with oil ,.... With oil olive, as the Targum of Jonathan; the pan in which it was made was a vessel that had no covering, nor hollow in the middle, nor any lip or edge, but was a plane, and extended, and the dough made on it was hard and stiff, that it might not run off F18 Misn. Menachot, c. 5. sect. 8. & Maimon. & Bartenora in ib. Maimon. Maasch Hakorbanot, c. 13. sect. 7. . In the temple was a chamber of those that made the cakes F19 Misn.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:22

And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it ,.... The successor of the high priest: it is a statute for ever unto the Lord ; which he by an everlasting statute appointed to be offered to him by every high priest, until the Messiah should come: it shall be wholly burnt ; of a common meat offering only a handful was burnt, and the rest was the priest's; see Leviticus 6:15 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:23

For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt ,.... Wherefore the priest that offered this for the high priest got nothing by it: he served him gratis: it shall not be eaten ; neither by himself, nor any other priest. The priests by eating the offerings of the people bore their iniquities, and made atonement for them, Leviticus 10:17 but the priests might not eat their own sacrifices, to show that they could not bear their own sins, and make atonement for them; and this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:20

In the day when he is anointed - Not only in that day, but from that day forward, for this was to them and their successors a statute for ever. See Leviticus 6:22 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:23

For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt - Whatever the priest offered was wholly the Lord's, and therefore must be entirely consumed: the sacrifices of the common people were offered to the Lord, but the priests partook of them; and thus they who ministered at the altar were fed by the altar. Had the priests been permitted to live on their own offerings as they did on those of the people, it would have been as if they had offered nothing, as they would have taken again... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:8-30

The priests' ritual. Hitherto the command had been, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them" ( Leviticus 1:2 ; Leviticus 4:2 ); Command Aaron and his sons;" the reason being that the injunctions which follow are specially addressed to the future priesthood. I. PRECISION OF THE POSITIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS GIVEN TO THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD . Nothing is left to the individual's origination, all is ruled for him—every act that he performs, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:8-30

Quench not the Spirit. Cf. Ephesians 4:30 ; I Thessalonians Ephesians 5:19 . We have here sundry sacrificial laws enabling us the better to understand the details of the preceding sacrifices; but the cardinal idea in them all, as we shall now see, is that which heads this homily, "Quench not the Spirit." And— I. THE FIRE OF THE BURNT OFFERING WAS TO BE CAREFULLY PRESERVED , SO THAT IT SHOULD NEVER GO OUT . This necessitated a regular removal of... read more

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