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2. In the place where they kill the burnt-offering, fhall they kill the trefpafs-offering: and the blood thereof shall be Sprinkle round about upon the altar.

3. And he fall offer of it, all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

4 And the two kidneys, and

4. Two kidneys i

the fat that is on them, which is Ch. 3.4.

by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

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5. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a tref pass-offering.

6. Every male among the priests shall eat thereof, it fhall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. 7. As the fin-offering is, fo is the trefpafs-offering: there is one law for them: the priest that ma keth atonement therewith, fhall have

it.

7. One law: The difference between them is fhewn on v. 1. Befides that they were alike in o ther things, fo in that

which follows the Law was one and the fame that the Priest that maketh atonement therewith, shall

8. And the priest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, even the prieft fhall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he bath offered.

have it, Lev. 6.26.

8. The skin: This was allowed to the Priest who miniftred; for he was not allowed any part of the Flesh, this was intire

ly confumed upon the Altar, upon which confideration he is allowed the Skin; whence tis reasonable to conclude, That in all other cafes the Skin belonged to the Offerer.

9. And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dreffed in the frying-pan, and in the pan, fhall be the priest's that of fereth it.

9. In the pan: Or, On the flat plate, or

flice.

10. And

1o. And every meat-offering

10. And dry: Ch.

mingled with oyl, and dry, fhall all 5. 11.

the fons of Aaron have, one as

much as another.

II. And this is the law of the facrifice of peace-offe rings, which be fhall offer unto the LORD.

12. If he offer it for a thankf 12. For thanks giving, then he fhall offer with the giving For fome facrifice of thanksgiving unleavened mercy received. cakes mingled with oyl, and unleavened wafers anointed with oyl, and cakes mingled with oyl, of fine flour, fry.

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13. Befides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering, leavened bread, with the facrifice of thanksgiving of his peace-offerings.

Text in the Original imply any fuch

13. He shall offer, &c. This leavened Bread is not faid to be offered upon the Altar, nor does the thing. (Vid, cb.2.11.)

It was prepared for the Prieft and those who were allowed to eat of this Offering.

14. And of it be fhall offer one out of the whole oblation, for an beave-offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that Sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings.

15. And the flesh of the Sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanks giving, fhall be eaten the fame day that it is offered: he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

14. An heave-offering: So it is called because it was lifted up, as the Hebrew word imports.

15. Be eaten the fame day: It is not to be fuppofed that the Offerer fhould be obliged to eat it himself in fo fhort a

time, and therefore he was obliged to invite others to his affiftance; and this Law recommended to the Offerer Mercy and Kindness to his Brethren, when he came to give God thanks for the Mercies which he had received. And this account Philo the few gives of this matter, That they

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(lays he) who have been partakers of opportune and ready Benefits, might express their ready and undelayed Benefi cence to others; [Phil. de Victim.)

16. But if the facrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the fame day that be offereth his facrifice: and on the morrow alfo the remain der of it fhall be eaten.

16. A vow, or a voluntary offering: See the Notes on ch 3. 1. And on the rings, not having remorrow: Thefe offefpect to a mercy al

ready received, were allowed to be eaten by the Offerer two day's together; whereas that (v.15.) was to be eaten the fame. day in which it was offered as a teftimony of the Offerer's Bounty and Gratitude.

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18. And if any of the flesh of

17. Burnt with fire: And not eaten, left it fhould in that space of time corrupt.

18. An abominati

the facrifice of his peace-offerings on: Lev. 19.7. be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither (hall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it Shall be an abomination, and the foul that eateth of it, hall bear his iniquity.

19. And the flesh that toncheth any unclean thing, shall not be eaten, it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean Shall eat thereof.

20. But the foul that eateth of the flesh of the facrifice of peaceofferings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness foul fhall be cut off from his people.

19. The flesh: i.e. The Holy Flefh, or Flesh of the Peaceoffering.

20. Having his uncleanness: Ch. 15. 3. with ch. 11. 24.

upon him, even that

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21. Cut off: See Notes on Gen. 17.

21. Moreover the foul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean 14.

beaft, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the facrifice of peace-offerings which pertain unto the LORD, even that foul fhall be cut off from bis people.

22. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23. Speak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, Ye shall eat no manner fat, of ox, or of fheep, or of goat.

24. And the fat of the beaft

23. Ye shall eat no &c. Ch. 3. 7. This is forbid as that which is God's part of the Sacrifice (v

25.)

24. Beaft. Heb. that dieth of it felf, and the fat of Carkafe.

that which is torn with beafts, may be used in any other ufe: but ye shall in no wife eat of it.

25. For whofoever eateth the fat of the beaft, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the foul that eateth it, fhall be cut off from his people.

26. Moreover, ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl, or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

26. Moreover, &c. Gen. 9.4. ch. 3. 17. and 17.14.

27. What foever foul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that foul fhall be cut off from his people. 28. And the LORD spake unto Mofes, faying, 29. Speak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, He that offereth the facrifice of his peace-offerings unto the LORD, fhall bring his oblati on unto the LORD, of the facri fice of his peace-offerings.

29. His oblation, &c. That is, the Fat which was the Lord's; and the Breaft, which was the Priest's portion out of his Peaceoffering, v. 30. 31. 30. His

30. His own hands fall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breaft, it fhall he bring, that the breaft may be waved for a wave-offering before the LORD.

30. "The breat: Exod.29.24. Waveoffering: See the Notes on Exod. 29.

24.

31. And the priest fhall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breaft fhall be Aaron's and his fons.

32. And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an beave-offering, of the facrifices of your peace-offerings.

33. He among the fons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right fhoulder for his part.

34. For the wave-breaft and the heave-shoulder have I taken of the children of Ifrael, from off the facrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the prieft, and unto his fons, by a ftatute for ever, from among the children of Ifrael.

35. This is the portion, &c. See Exod. 29. 27, 28.

35. This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his fons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, prefented them, to minifter unto the LORD in the prieft's office.

in the day when he

36. Which the LORD commanded to be given them. of the children of Ifrael, in the day that he anointed them, by a ftatute for ever, throughout their generations.

37. This is the law of the burntoffering, of the meat-offering, and of the fin-offering, and of the tref pals-offering, and of the confecrations, and of the facrifice of the peace-offerings.

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37. And of the confecrations which we have an account, Exod. 29.

38. Which

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