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
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