Wesley Corpus

Chapter VII Further directions, concerning the trespass - offering, ver. 1 - 7. The burnt - offering and meal - offering, ver. 8 - 10. The peace - offering, ver. 11 - 21. Fat and blood again forbidden, ver. 22 - 27. The priest's share of it, ver. 28 - 34. The conclusion of these instructions, ver. 35 - 38. So is - In the matter following, for in other things they differed. The priests shall have it - That part of it, which was by God allowed to the priest. All the meal - offering - Except the part reserved by God, Lev 2:2,9. Because these were ready drest and hot, and to be presently eaten; shall be the priests - The priest, who offered it, was in reason to expect, something more than his brethren who laboured not about it; and that he had only in this offering; for the others were equally distributed. Dry - Without oil, or drink - offering, as those Lev 5:11, Num 5:15. All the sons of Aaron - These were to be equally divided among all the priests. And there was manifest reason for this difference, because these were in greater quantity than the former; and being raw, might more easily be reserved for the several priests to dress it in that way which each of them liked. Leavened bread - Because this was a sacrifice of another kind than those in which leaven was forbidden, this being a sacrifice of thanksgiving for God's blessings, among which leavened bread was one. Leaven indeed was universally forbidden, Lev 2:11. But that prohibition concerned only things offered and burnt upon the altar, which this bread was not. Of it - That is, of the offering, one of each part of the whole: it being most agreeable to the rules laid down before and afterward, that the priest should have a share in the unleavened cakes and wafers, as well as in the leavened bread. A vow - Offered in performance of a vow, the man having desired some special favour from God, and vowed the sacrifice to God if he would grant it. On the morrow also - Which was not allowed for the thank - offering. Neither shall it be imputed - For an acceptable service to God.