The Pulpit Commentary — Leviticus — Section 69

EXPOSITION. of homage did in the case of Jacob and CHAPTER IL Esau (Gen. xx.rii. 20), and as they do to THB •MBAT OPPERING. The regulation of this day throughout o:u India.n empire, the burnt offering as a Levitical institution and generally in the East. is immediately followed by a similar regu- Ver. 1.-And when. any will offer a meat lation of the meat offering, consisting of flour offering nnto the Lord. The word used in and oil, with salt and fronkincensa, and the original for "meat offering" (mfochah), usually accompanied by the drink offering gift means, like its Greek equivalent, S&pov, a made by an inferior to o. superior. Thus of wine. The sacriflce of the animal in the the sacrifices of Cain and Abel were theu bumt offering had represented the entire •• minchah" to God (Gen. iv. 3, 4), the surrender of the offerer's will and life to present sent to Eso.u by Jo.cob wo.s hili God; the presentation of the fruits and "mincho.h" (Gen. x.xxii. 13), and the present products of the eo.rth in the meat offer- to Joseph was his brethren'e "mincho.h" (Gen. xliii. 11). It is therefore equivalent ing represents man's gift of homage, where- to a gift of homage, whiah recognizes the by he acknowledges God's sovereignty superiority of him to whom it is offered, and over all things and over himself, by offer- ceremonially promises loyal obedience to ing to him a portion of that which he him. Owing to its use in this p(lssaga, it had graciously bestowed in abundance. came gradually to be confined in its significo.- tion to vegetable gifts,-unbloody S(lcrifices, David's words, "All things come of thee, as they are called sometimes, in contrast to and of thine own have we given thee animo.l so.cri.fices-while the word "corban" . . . all this store cometh of thine hand, co.me to be used in the wider accep'.a- and is eJl thine own" (1 Chron. xxix. 14, tion which once belonged to "minchuh." 16), express the idea nndt.rlying the meat The conditions to be fulfilled by the Isro.elite who offered a meo.t offering were offering. In the acted lo.nguo.ge of sym• the following. 1. He must offer either (l) bolism, it not only recoguized the supremacy uncookid flour, with oil, salt, (Ind frou.kiu- of God, but made a tender of loyal sub- cenee, or (2) flour made into an unlenvened mission on the part of the offerer; as gifts cake (whether of the uo.ture of billcuit or  TUE BOOK OF LEVITICt:S. [en. n. 1-16.