Leviticus 6

Leviticus 6:2

against the LORD] The particulars repeated are sinnes against man, as Genesis 20:6. yet they are said to be against the Lord, because against his Law; or because those sinnes, which are secret to men, are yet done in his sight; whence it is that Peter saith of the hypocrisie of Ananias; Thou hast not lyed unto men, but unto God, Acts 5:4.

Leviticus 6:5

the principall] In kinde, or in the full worth of it.

fift part] See Annot. on Chap. 5. 16. If he were convicted by the Law, he was by vertue of those Judiciall Laws, Exodus 22. to pay double; but if, as here, out of conscience he confesse what the Law could not convince him of, only a fift part was to be added.

Leviticus 6:6

a ram] For a sinne of Ignorance the Oblation was a Goat, for a sinne of Knowledge a Ram: the more guiltie, the more penaltie, and the deeper damnation, without repentance.

with thy estimation] See the Annot. on 5. 15.

Leviticus 6:9

law of the burnt-offering] That is, the ceremonies which ought to be observed therein.

burnt-offering] Though other offerings were burnt, at least in part, this was called the burnt-offering before any other, because it was wholly burnt, and it was the daily sacrifice of a Lambe in the morning, and a Lambe in the evening. See Numbers 28:3.

all night] The Priest was to burn it with a slow fire, and by so many pieces one after another, that it might last all night, which required his intentive vigilancie upon the service, and admonished withall, that God was not to be honoured by day, and dishonoured by works of darknesse in the night, but that men should set their waking thoughts towards him upon their beds, who watcheth over them all the night, Psalms 4:4. And the morning sacrifice was to be burned in the like leisurely manner, unlesse some other sacrifice to be performed after it, required a greater and quicker fire.

Leviticus 6:10

the ashes which the fire hath consumed] Ashes are said to be consumed, when the consuming fire hath burned the fuell into ashes, as meal is said to be ground, when corn by grinding is turned into meal, Isaiah 47:2.

Leviticus 6:11

a cleane place] See Annot. on Numbers 19:9.

put off his garments] Because the carrying of the ashes out of the Camp, was not in it selfe a sacred action, for which the holy garments were ordained.

Leviticus 6:12

not be put out] The fire that came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering, Leviticus 9:24. was to be kept perpetually burning, and neither to be put out, as it is here, nor yet by negligence suffered to goe out: and this might signifie, 1. That no humane devises but only that which comes by direction from heaven is to be admitted into Gods worship. 2. That God accepts no sacrifice, but that which is offered by that fire from heaven, the Spirit, Matthew 3:11. 3. Since it came down first as a testimony that God did graciously accept that first sacrifice, the continuance of it might intimate, that still he was well pleased with their sacrifices, performed according to his direction.

fat of] The fat was not to be offered alone, but to be burnt upon the daily burnt-offering, for it was too small a matter of it selfe to be presented to God.

Leviticus 6:16

and his sonnes] Unlesse they were for some uncleannesse to be debarred from that holy diet, Leviticus 22:6.

eaten in the holy place] It might be for these reasons; 1. To minde them of sober using these holy things, as eating them in Gods presence; 2. To minde them of the singular puritie required of those that were honoured above the people; 3. It might intimate, that none but within the pale of the Church should be the better for Christ.

Leviticus 6:17

not be baken with leaven] That is, kneaded with leaven, and after baken; and this is ordained not only for Gods peculiar part, but for that which was allotted to the Priests also; for that part given to God was in the name of the whole, and so the whole meat-offering was to be without leaven. See Annot. on Chap. 2. vers. 11.

Leviticus 6:18

shall be holy] See Annot. on Exodus 29:37.

Leviticus 6:20

Aaron and his sonnes] That is, of the High Priests, and the Priests his sonnes: this is not personall to the Priests that then were, but perpetuall for succession.

perpetuall] So oft as the high Priest shall be elected and annointed: yet it is held by some, that this meat-offering was a daily oblation, as the Lambe that was sacrificed morning and evening, whether at the charge of the Priest, or whether (which is more probable) it was supplyed out of the publique Corban or Treasury.

Leviticus 6:22

of his sonnes] That is, the eldest sonne, if he have no deformitie or impediment, which by Law makes him uncapable of that holy calling, as Leviticus 21:18. if he be, the second brother is to succeed, and so in the like case the third, &c.

for ever] So long as the Leviticall Priesthood shall continue.

Leviticus 6:23

wholly burnt] The offering being made by the Priest and for the Priest, his own service was a debt, and so he was to have nothing for it; but when he offered for the people, he was for a recompence of his service to have a portion of the sacrifice; see vers. 26. of this Chapter. Or else because he was a sinner and could make no atonement for himselfe, therefore his meatoffering was wholly burnt, not eaten, to teach him to looke for salvation by Christ.

Leviticus 6:26

shall eat it] That is the blood being sprinkled, and the fat burnt, except such sin-offerings whereof the blood was carryed into the Tabernacle, vers. 30.

Leviticus 6:27

shall be holy] See Annot. on Exodus 29:37. & Exodus 30:29.

upon any garment] Meaning the garment of the Priests.

wash that] The blood was to be separate from all profane, or common use, in reference to the blood of Christ, who was holy, harmlesse, undefiled, separate from sinners, in respect of societie in sinne, Hebrews 7:26. though sometimes he was companion with great sinners for their conversion from sinne. Matthew 9:12.

in the holy place] In the Court of the Tabernacle, where the washing Laver stood, and the garment washed from the blood returned to a common use, and might be worne and used any where as occasion required.

Leviticus 6:28

earthen vessell] The liquor that boyled the sin-offering might pierce into an earthen vessell, and therefore it was broken; and the rather, because the losse was not great; but if the pot wherein it was sod, were iron or brasse, it was to be scoured and rinsed: all which might shadow the infection of sinne.

water] Which was in the Laver neere unto the Altar, Exodus 30:18.

Leviticus 6:30

sin-offering] Which was offered by the High-priest and the whole Assembly, in the yearely expiation; Lev. 16. 27.

whereof the blood] Which was done in the sacrifice for the Priest and all the people, Chap. 4. 6. 18.

burnt] Wholly burnt out of the campe, Chap. 4. 12. 21. nor yet was this a whole burnt-offering; because it was not burned whole upon the Altar, as that was, but was divided into parts, as a sacrifice for sinne, and so carryed without the Campe, and burned.