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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Leviticus 7 The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering, Leviticus 7:1 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings, Leviticus 7:8 the law of the peace offerings, whether by way of thanksgiving, or a vow, or voluntary oblation, Leviticus 7:11 the prohibition of fat and blood, Leviticus 7:22 the parts the priests should...

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 restrained to such of them, and the fat of them that were...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Here is, I. The law of the trespass-offering (ver. 1-7), with some further directions concerning the burnt-offering and the meat-offering, ver. 8-10. II. The law of the peace-offering. The eating of it (ver. 11-21), on which occasion the prohibition of eating fat or blood is repeated (ver. 22-27), and the priests' share of it, ver. 28-34. III. The conclusion of those institutions, ver. 35, &c....