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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the soul that eateth [of] the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, that [pertain] unto the Lord,.... That are offered up to him, and so are holy, and therefore not to be eaten by unholy persons, or by any having his uncleanness upon him; a profluvious person that has an issue running out of him, a gonorrhoea; see Leviticus 15:2 even...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean [thing],.... Person or thing, the dead body of a man, or the bone of a dead body, or a grave in which it was laid: as the uncleanness of man; the issue that runs from a profluvious person: or [any] unclean beast; that was so by the law ceremonial; see Leviticus 11:4: or any abominable unclean thing;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Continued speaking to him: saying; as follows.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,.... Putting them in mind, by repeating to them the laws concerning fat and blood, Leviticus 3:17 ye shall eat no manner of fat; of any creature fit for food, whose flesh otherwise may be eaten, and particularly of ox, or of sheep, or of goats: creatures used in sacrifice; though this is not to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself,.... Of any disease, and is not regularly killed: and the fat of that which is torn with beasts; with wild beasts: may be used in any other use; as in medicine, for plasters, or for making candles, or for greasing of anything to make it smooth and pliable, or the like: but ye shall in no wise eat of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord,.... As oxen, sheep, rams, goats; meaning not only the fat of those that are offered, but the fat of all those of the like kind: even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people; [See comments on Leviticus 7:20] Maimonides (n)...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood,.... Of any of the above creatures, or any other, even of any clean creature, and much less of an unclean one: [whether it be] of fowl or of beast; of all sorts and kinds. Jarchi thinks, the words being thus expressed, the blood of fishes and locusts is excepted, and so lawful to eat: in any of your...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, of any living creature, that is, of any while it is alive; for the Jews always interpret the law in Genesis 9:4 of the member of a living creature torn off from it, and its flesh with the blood eaten directly: even that soul shall be cut off from his people;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time the above laws were delivered; for what follows relates to the sacrifice of the peace offerings: saying; as follows.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,.... Giving them the further instructions concerning their peace offerings: he that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord; whether it he for thanksgiving, or as a vow, or a voluntary oblation, and whether it be of the herd or of the flock, an ox or a cow, a lamb or a goat: shall bring...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire,.... That is, such parts of the peace offerings as were to be burnt with fire, as the fat on several parts described in Leviticus 3:3 the owners of the offerings were to bring them in the manner as will be presently observed: the fat with the breast, it shall he bring; the fat to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar,.... Of burnt offering, even the fat upon the inwards, the two kidneys, the flanks, the caul, and liver: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons; which being waved before the Lord for a wave offering, was the Lord's, and so was given to his priests to eat of, for the service done by them, it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest [for] an heave offering,.... Whether of an ox or a cow, a lamb or a goat: of the sacrifices of your peace offerings; which were of either of these creatures; the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it, "the right arm from the shoulder to the elbow.'' The breast being the seat of wisdom, and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat,.... Who sprinkled the blood of them upon the altar round about, and burnt the fat upon it, which were rites enjoined to be observed, Leviticus 3:2: shall have the right shoulder for [his] part; his particular part and share, because of his service: Aben Ezra...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel,.... These two parts were particularly pitched upon and selected: from off the sacrifices of their peace offering; the rest being allowed the owners, besides what were burnt: and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons, by a statute for ever from...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This [is the portion] of the anointing of Aaron,.... Of his being anointed to the priestly office; this is the part allotted and assigned him for the execution of it; this is the reward, as Aben Ezra interprets it, of his faithful performance of it, namely, his having the wave breast and heave shoulder of the peace offerings, and a cake out of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel,.... Whenever they brought their offerings to be offered up by them, such parts thereof were ordered to be allowed them as theirs; in the day that he anointed them; or from the day they were anointed of Moses, by the direction of the Lord, from that time they had a right and claim...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This [is] the law of the burnt offering,.... As delivered, Leviticus 6:9: of the meat offering; as in Leviticus 6:14: and of the sin offering; as in Leviticus 6:25: and of the trespass offering; as in Leviticus 7:1: and of the consecrations; of Aaron and his sons to the priest's office, as in Leviticus 6:20: and of the sacrifice of the peace...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Which the Lord commanded Moses in Mount Sinai,.... Or "by" or "near" (t) Mount Sinai; for the above laws were not given to Moses when on the mount, but after the tabernacle was erected, and out of it, as appears from Leviticus 1:1 and to which what follows agrees: in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Leviticus 8 The order for the consecration of Aaron and his sons is renewed, Leviticus 8:1 which accordingly was set about and performed by Moses, Leviticus 8:4 who having first washed and clothed them, first Aaron, and then his sons, with the garments of the priesthood, anointing at the same time the tabernacle of the altar, and...