Leviticus 1:3

Jehovah begins with the burnt offering and ends with the sin offering: we, in our approach, begin with the sin offering and end with the burnt offering.

burnt sacrifice. Hebrew. 'olah. See App-43 .

male. A female permitted in some other offerings, but not here, because of the type. Christ not the sinbearer here, as in Leviticus 4:0 .

without blemish. Hebrew. tamim, said of all sacrifices, and the same of Noah, Genesis 6:9 .

his own voluntary will. Not the same as a freewill offering. This not a freewill offering. Hebrew here = "to be accepted for him", i.e. in his stead. Compare Leviticus 1:4 . Compare Exodus 28:38 . Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 22:19 , Exodus 22:20 , Exodus 22:29 ; Exodus 23:11 , There was a double transfer: the unworthiness of the offerer was transferred to the victim; and the acceptableness of the offering was transferred to the offerer. This is confined to the burnt offerings and peace offerings; never with the sin offerings.