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shall burn the memorial--rather, "for a memorial"; that is, a part of it.
Ye shall eat no manner of fat--(See on Le 3:17).
brought the ram, &c.--as a token of their entire dedication to the service of God.
the fat--that about the kidneys especially, which is called "suet."
abominable unclean thing--Some copies of the Bible read, "any reptile."
if his offering be a goat--Whether this or any of the other two animals were chosen, the same general directions were to be followed in the ceremony of offering.
cut off from his people--that is, excluded from the privileges of an Israelite--lie under a sentence of excommunication.
he shall dwell alone; without the camp--in a lazaretto by himself, or associated with other lepers (2Ki 7:3, 8).
if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more--that is, with far more severe and protracted calamities.
I will scatter you among the heathen, &c.--as was done when the elite of the nation were removed into Assyria and placed in various parts of the kingdom.
brought the bullock for the sin offering, &c.--a timely expression of their sense of unworthiness--a public and solemn confession of their personal sins and a transference of their guilt to the...
what saddle...he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean--(See on Ge 31:34).
Aaron shall order it from the evening unto the morning--The daily presence of the priests was necessary to superintend the cleaning and trimming.
I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright--a metaphorical expression to denote their emancipation from Egyptian slavery.
upon the pure candlestick--so called because of pure gold. This was symbolical of the light which ministers are to diffuse through the Church.
if any of the flesh of the sacrifice...be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither...imputed--The sacrifice will not be acceptable to God nor profitable to him that offers...
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary--Very frequently, in this Book of the Law, the Sabbath and the sanctuary are mentioned as antidotes to idolatry.
ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath--that is, after the first day of the passover week, which was observed as a Sabbath.
ye shall eat old store--Their stock of old corn would be still unexhausted and large when the next harvest brought a new supply.
the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'--The circumstance of a portion of it being appropriated to the use of the priests distinguishes this from a burnt offering. They...
the oblation of the first-fruits--voluntary offerings made by individuals out of their increase, and leaven and honey might be used with these (Le 23:17; Nu 15:20). Though presented at the altar,...
baken in a pan--a thin plate, generally of copper or iron, placed on a slow fire, similar to what the country people in Scotland called a "girdle" for baking oatmeal cakes.
he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering--Having performed this significant act, he killed it before the door of the tabernacle, and the priests sprinkled the blood round about upon the...
this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings--Besides the usual accompaniments of other sacrifices, leavened bread was offered with the peace offerings, as a thanksgiving, such bread being...
every beast...not cloven-footed--The prohibited animals under this description include not only the beasts which have a single hoof, as horses and asses, but those also which divided the foot into...
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths--The duty of obedience to parents is placed in connection with the proper observance of the Sabbaths, both of them lying at...
number fifty days--The forty-ninth day after the presentation of the first-fruits, or the fiftieth, including it, was the feast of Pentecost. (See also Ex 23:16; De 16:9).
ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field, &c.--All that the ground yielded spontaneously during that period might be eaten for their necessary subsistence, but no persons were at liberty...
the land of your enemies shall eat you up, &c.--On the removal of the ten tribes into captivity, they never returned, and all traces of them were lost.